Former NCAA and Team USA women’s basketball player Destiny Littleton shared footage Saturday of her experience fleeing Iranian counterstrikes in Israel. Her documentation concluded with a panicked scene of her and other civilians shouting in fear as drones flew overhead. Littleton, who won a national championship at South Carolina under coach Dawn Staley in 2022, and a gold medal for the U.S. in the 2017 FIBA 3×3 U18 World Cup, currently plays for Hapoel Jerusalem in Israel’s top division. She posted footage on her Instagram Saturday updating followers as she fled to a local bomb shelter when Iranian counterattacks began to strike Israel. After the U.S. and Israel carried out a round of military strikes on Iran, the country responded with ballistic missiles and drones targeting cities including Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMLittleton was nearly caught in the crossfire.Sirens could be heard in her video as she fled the shelter, and at one point she even aimed her camera at what appeared to be missiles flying through the air. In one video, she struggled to find the shelter as sirens blared in the background. “Trying to find the saferoom, but I can’t find it,” she said, in a panicked voice as she scrambled through an empty alleyway. “Jesus Christ, I don’t think this is the right… I don’t think this is the right way.”As she walked down an outdoor stone staircase, bombs exploding in the distance could be heard in the background, as she yelled, “Oh s—!”Shortly after that, she posted a video announcing she had left the shelter and was going to a teammate’s house after feeling “uncomfortable” in the shelter she had just found.”That B-O-M-B shelter I was just in, couldn’t fit five people, and that was it, I was like, ‘no, no, no, no,'” she said.Littleton eventually reached her teammate’s high-rise apartment building, where she revealed she had heard several recent explosions. “I heard the booms all over,” she said while showing an overview of the Jerusalem skyline. ISRAEL’S LARGEST EVER MILITARY FLYOVER HAMMERS IRANIAN MILITARY TARGETSThen, in her final video of the night, Littleton appeared frantic and sweaty, as she revealed explosions nearby.”There’s no siren going on right now, and yet there’s these things in the sky blowing up! I’m pretty sure they’re either missiles or drones! Either way, we’ve seen them blow up in the sky, multiple of them, very very close to us actually!” she exclaimed. “I’m not really sure what it is… Jesus Christ.” Littleton and those around her then became more frantic as another apparent drones appeared nearby.”Over there! Over there! Over there! Over there! Over there!” she shouted, before turning her camera around to show what appeared to be a drone flying nearby the building she was in. “I’m pretty sure that’s not a star.” Just then, five other drones came into frame, and an explosion was seen going off in the distance. “I think those are freaking dron
US women’s basketball player in Israel shares panic in footage of Iranian counterattack on Jerusalem
