Early Life and Playing Career
Ohana was born in Jerusalem to a Jewish traditional family that moved to Jerusalem from the Wadi Salib ma'abara in Haifa. He had 7 brothers and two sisters (one of them was from his father's previous marriage). The family struggled with financial problems.
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