(BBC Sport Africa) Oluwashina Okeleji - Nigerian soccer star Ibezito Ogbonna, 38, says he is lucky to be alive after being injured when his apartment in the Israeli city of Ashdod was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza last week. Ogbonna, who played with Hapoel Tel Aviv, was at home with his wife and two young daughters when the building suffered a direct hit. "I heard the loud bang of the rocket and felt the immediate impact. I was thrown into the air and it took me from my dining room to my living room." With no home to return to, the Ogbonnas and 13 other families are now staying at a hotel as the Israeli government looks to resettle them. "Hapoel Tel Aviv fans have been incredibly amazing. Without my knowledge, they had started fundraising to help support me."
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