Ibezito ogbonna biography for kids

“I heard the boom, and then the pressure came, and that was it. I was out,” is how former Kaizer Chiefs striker, Ibezito Ogbonna, remembers the moment after a Gaza rocket hit the Ashdod apartment building where he and his family live.

“There was the smell of gas. And everywhere was messed up. The glass was all over. Everything was in a mess.”

The Nigerian soccer player says he’s lucky to be alive. It was around 14:00, and he, his Israeli wife, and two young daughters aged five and two-and-a-half, were in the middle of eating. After a six-hour lull, Hamas started launching barrages of rockets at southern Israel. The ceasefire was still four days away.

“All I can remember is that when the siren came, I was just doing the usual. And then I was in-between the washing machine and the dining table and there was glass everywhere in front of me. I remember feeling a push like a pressure pushed me all the way to the sitting room, like it picked me up from the seat.”

After Ogbonna regained consciousness, the first thing he did was look for his wife and children.

“My wife grabbed the kids and ran to the bathroom. We didn’t even have enough time to run down to the bomb shelter and in the end, we were really lucky that we didn’t try, because I guess we would have got hit so badly, maybe we wouldn’t have survived. The rocket pulled out all the doors, even the security door was out. Can you imagine the pressure?”

Fortunately, Ogbonna’s wife and daughters were unharmed, but the 38-year-old was rushed to hospital with injuries. Two weeks later, he is still going for check-ups as he is having problems with his hearing. He is also on heart pills and doctors have identified sounds in his head. His daughters are suffering flashbacks.

“People, rescuers, paramedics, and the fire service responded immediately. Everywhere was packed. They were trying to help everyone evacuate from the building because it was almost on

Former Nigeria under-23 striker Ibezito Ogbonna was hospitalized after his house in Ashdod,  Israel, was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza last week.

The 38-year-old, who won the Israeli Cup with Hapoel Tel Aviv in 2006 and 2007, was at home with his wife and two young daughters when the building was hit by a rocket.

His wife and children were unharmed but Ibezito was injured.

Footage from the scene shows Ibezito Ogbonna being taken to the hospital after his apartment was hit by a rocket.

He was in the hospital for a few hours where he was treated and had different tests done before being released.

His apartment was also destroyed and with no home to return to, Ogbonna, who has Israeli citizenship, and his family, are now staying at a hotel.