Former NCAA star Destiny Littleton shows Iranian attacks in Israel
Sirens blaring in Tel Aviv as Iran retaliates
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Former NCAA and Team USA women’s basketball player Destiny Littleton shared footage of her experience escaping Iran’s counterattacks in Israel on Saturday.
Its documentation concluded as follows: panic scene His and other civilians screaming in fear as drones flew overhead. Littleton, who won the national championship at South Carolina in 2022 under coach Dawn Staley and won the gold medal for the USA at the 2017 FIBA 3×3 U18 World Cup, currently plays for Hapoel Jerusalem in Israel’s top league.
He posted the footage on Instagram on Saturday, updating his followers, as he fled to a local bomb shelter as Iranian counterstrikes began to hit Israel.
After the United States and Israel launched a series of military attacks on Iran, the country responded with ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles targeting cities such as Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem.
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Former South Carolina guard Destiny Littleton was in Israel, scrambling to seek refuge, when Iran launched a counterattack against the country. (Icon Sportswire via John Byrum/Getty Images)
Littleton was nearly caught in the crossfire.
In the video he took of himself running away from the shelter, sirens could be heard and at one point he even pointed his camera at what looked like missiles flying through the air.
In one video, he was struggling to find shelter as sirens blared in the background.
“I’m trying to find the security room, but I can’t find it,” he said in a panicked voice as he walked through an empty alley. “God, I don’t think that’s right… I don’t think that’s the right way.”
As I walked down the outdoor stone stairs, “Oh shit!” was heard in the background. While he was shouting, bombs exploding could be heard in the distance.
Shortly after this, he posted a video announcing that he was leaving the dugout and going to a teammate’s house after feeling “uncomfortable” in his newfound shelter.
“The BOMB shelter I was just in couldn’t fit five people and that was it, I said ‘no, no, no, no,'” he said.
Littleton eventually reached his teammate’s high-rise apartment building, where he explained that he had recently heard several explosions.
“I heard explosions everywhere,” he said as he showed an overview of the Jerusalem skyline.
The explosion occurred as a result of a bullet hitting Iran after Israel launched a missile at Israel and the US attacked Iran in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday. (Reuters/Gideon Markowicz)
Then, in the final video of the night, Littleton looked frantic and sweaty as he revealed nearby explosions.
“There are no sirens going off right now, but there are still these things exploding in the sky! I’m pretty sure they’re either missiles or drones! Either way, we saw them explode in the sky, more than one, actually very, very close to us!” he shouted.
“I’m not quite sure what it is…Jesus Christ.”
Littleton and those around him became even more frantic when another drone appeared nearby.
“There! There! There! There! There!” he shouted before turning his camera to show what appeared to be a drone flying near the building he was in. “I’m pretty sure it’s not a star.”
Just then, five more drones entered the frame and an explosion was seen in the distance.
“I think those are fucking drones, bro!”
Then, as he turned the camera upwards to reveal the weapons, the entire room went into a massive panic as a drone flew over the building they were in.
“Ah—!” Littleton shouted.
Another civilian nearby shouted, “Gentlemen! Gentlemen! What the hell!” he shouted.
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Israeli firefighters try to extinguish a fire in a car where the bullet hit after Iran launched a missile at Israel after Israel and the United States attacked Iran on Saturday in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Reuters/Tomer Appelbaum)
As seen in the images, the drone landed far away from its location and exploded.
In footage of Littleton and the group later leaving the apartment and heading towards a shelter, Littleton appeared visibly shaken, sweaty and overwhelmed, massaging his head and sighing.
Littleton did not post a follow-up at the time of publication.
Staley said Saturday that the university worked with WNBA veteran Tiffany Mitchell and former Phoenix Mercury forward Mikiah Herbert Harrigan to bring Littleton and two other players home amid the chaos.
“Please pray for @GamecockWBB @TiffMitch25 @2121Mikiah @dstnylttltn24 who is in a war zone in Israel,” he said in his post. “We are working on a plan to return home. Let’s pray for our loved ones to return home safely as soon as possible! Thank you in advance.”
The United States joined Israel in attacks on Iran on Saturday morning. In the video statements published on Truth Social, Trump encouraged the Iranian people The US and Israel will take over their government after completing their “major combat operations” in Iran.
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Iran launched retaliatory missile attacks targeting US facilities in the Middle East. Fox News reported that approximately 40 missiles fell on Israel.
Fox News Digital’s Paulina Dedaj, Michael Sinkewicz and Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.
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