US women's basketball player in Israel shares panic in footage of Iranian counterattack on Jerusalem

Former NCAA and Team USA women's hoops subordinate Destiny Littleton shared footage Saturday of her acquisition fleeing Iranian counterstrikes successful Israel. 

Her documentation concluded with a panicked country of her and different civilians shouting successful fearfulness arsenic drones flew overhead. Littleton, who won a nationalist title astatine South Carolina nether manager Dawn Staley successful 2022, and a golden medal for the U.S. successful the 2017 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup, presently plays for Hapoel Jerusalem successful Israel’s apical division. 

She posted footage connected her Instagram Saturday updating followers arsenic she fled to a section weaponry structure erstwhile Iranian counterattacks began to onslaught Israel. 

After the U.S. and Israel carried retired a circular of subject strikes connected Iran, the state responded with ballistic missiles and drones targeting cities including Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem. 

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Former South Carolina defender Destiny Littleton was successful Israel erstwhile Iran launched a counterattack against the country, sending her scrambling for shelter. (John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Littleton was astir caught successful the crossfire.

Sirens could beryllium heard successful her video arsenic she fled the shelter, and astatine 1 constituent she adjacent aimed her camera astatine what appeared to beryllium missiles flying done the air. 

In 1 video, she struggled to find the structure arsenic sirens blared successful the background. 

"Trying to find the saferoom, but I can't find it," she said, successful a panicked dependable arsenic she scrambled done an bare alleyway. "Jesus Christ, I don't deliberation this is the right… I don't deliberation this is the close way."

As she walked down an outdoor chromatic staircase, bombs exploding successful the region could beryllium heard successful the background, arsenic she yelled, "Oh s---!"

Shortly aft that, she posted a video announcing she had near the structure and was going to a teammate's location aft feeling "uncomfortable" successful the structure she had conscionable found.

"That B-O-M-B structure I was conscionable in, couldn't acceptable 5 people, and that was it, I was like, ‘no, no, no, no,'" she said.

Littleton yet reached her teammate's high-rise flat building, wherever she revealed she had heard respective caller explosions. 

"I heard the booms each over," she said portion showing an overview of the Jerusalem skyline. 

An detonation caused by a projectile interaction aft Iran launched missiles into Israel pursuing Israel and the U.S. launched strikes connected Iran, successful Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday. (Reuters/Gideon Markowicz)

Then, successful her last video of the night, Littleton appeared frantic and sweaty, arsenic she revealed explosions nearby.

"There's nary siren going connected close now, and yet there's these things successful the entity blowing up! I'm beauteous definite they're either missiles oregon drones! Either way, we've seen them stroke up successful the sky, aggregate of them, precise very adjacent to america actually!" she exclaimed. 

"I'm not truly definite what it is… Jesus Christ." 

Littleton and those astir her past became much frantic arsenic different evident drones appeared nearby.

"Over there! Over there! Over there! Over there! Over there!" she shouted, earlier turning her camera astir to amusement what appeared to beryllium a drone flying adjacent the gathering she was in. "I'm beauteous definite that's not a star." 

Just then, 5 different drones came into frame, and an detonation was seen going disconnected successful the distance. 

"I deliberation those are freaking drones bro!"

The full country past erupted into a large panic arsenic a drone flew implicit the gathering they were in, arsenic she turned the camera upwards to uncover the weapons. 

"Oh s---!" Littleton shouted. 

Another civilian adjacent screamed, "Guys! Guys! What the f---!"

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Israeli firefighters enactment to enactment retired a occurrence connected a car astatine the tract of a projectile interaction aft Iran launched missiles into Israel, pursuing Israeli and U.S. strikes connected Iran, successful Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday. (Reuters/Tomer Appelbaum)

The drone went connected to onshore and exploded a acold region from her location, arsenic seen successful her footage.

Littleton and the radical were aboriginal seen successful the footage leaving the flat and heading to a bunker, arsenic she appeared visibly rattled, sweaty and overwhelmed, massaging her head, sighing. 

Littleton has not posted a follow-up station astatine the clip of publication.

Staley said Saturday that the assemblage is moving to bring Littleton and 2 different players location amid the chaos, alongside WNBA seasoned Tiffany Mitchell and erstwhile Phoenix Mercury guardant Mikiah Herbert Harrigan. 

"Please commune for our @GamecockWBB @TiffMitch25 @2121Mikiah @dstnylttltn24 who are successful a warfare portion successful Israel," her station said. "We are moving connected a program to get home. Let america commune for our loved ones to instrumentality location safely asap! Thank you successful advance." 

The U.S. joined Israel successful launching strikes against Iran connected Saturday morning. In video remarks posted to Truth Social, Trump encouraged the Iranian radical to instrumentality implicit their authorities erstwhile the United States and Israel finished "major combat operations" successful Iran.

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Iran launched retaliatory rocket strikes targeting U.S. sites passim the Middle East. Fox News reported that astir 40 missiles had landed successful Israel. 

Fox News Digital’s Paulina Dedaj, Michael Sinkewicz and Rachel Wolf contributed to this report. 

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