An American basketball player in Israel has shared video of the terrifying moment she couldn’t find a nearby safe room as Iranian missiles rained down.
Destiny Littleton, who has been playing basketball in Jerusalem after a college career with South Carolina, shared video of her frantically trying to find safety in Israel with warning sirens blasting in the background.
‘I don’t know if you guys can hear that, a siren is going off right now,’ she said in the video. ‘This is the second siren of the day. I’m about to head to the shelter now… it feels very deserted. I’m about to head into the shelter now, as we speak.’
Littleton then films her view of the city before spotting what appeared to be a missile contrail in the sky above her.
‘Do you guys see that? What is that? There’s been stuff flying in the air but I can’t see it because of the clouds. Look at those things over there,’ she said. ‘I think those might have been… oh my goodness.’
In the next video, Littleton filmed herself looking for a blue door which would take her into her nearest safe room for shelter.
Destiny Littleton, an American basketball player in Israel, was looking for shelter as Iranian missiles were fired at Jerusalem
At one stage, explosions can be heard as Littleton struggled to find where her shelter was
‘I’m currently walking to the safe room, definitely heard three or four b-o-m-b noises. Trying to stay calm,’ she said.
The video then resumes with more sirens going off and Littleton struggling to work out where she should go for safety.
‘There go the sirens again. I’m trying to find this safe room but I can’t find it,’ she says, sounding panicked. ‘I don’t think this is the right way, I don’t see a blue gate at all. The sirens are just getting louder and louder.’
Eventually, Littleton found the place she needed to be but as she filmed herself walking down the steps, a loud explosion is heard.
‘Oh s***,’ she says. ‘Oh s***. Where is it? Did you hear that? Oh f*** me.’
In a following video, Littleton then said she was going back to her home to pack her belongings and join a teammate at a house that had a bigger bomb shelter.
‘I’m a lot more comfortable there,’ she said. ‘That b-o-m-b shelter I was in could just fit five people, that was it.
‘Everything is quiet right now. We are safe and sound and just trying to get as much information as possible. I am just trying to stay calm.’
Iran has fired missiles at Israel in retlatiation for being targeted in an attack on Saturday
She later wrote on X that she was safe and that it sounded as if the explosions were slowing.
‘Update: it’s currently 10pm and we have been siren free and boom sound free for the last couple of hours. I’m praying it continues this way,’ she wrote.
She later added: ‘It’s 12:48 am and I’m going to attempt to get some sleep. Prayers for safety for everyone impacted.’
Littleton is playing overseas after not being picked by a WNBA team in the 2023 Draft.
Speaking in January about her life overseas, she said: ‘To not be drafted, it was really hurtful, I didn’t expect it. I felt I had done enough to make it.
‘When that didn’t happen, I had to change course. This is how I am going to continue to grow as a player and as a person.’
Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died in an attack on his Tehran compound
Iran has been retaliating on Saturday after American and Israeli attacks were launched, killing the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the capital of Tehran.
President Trump confirmed his death on Saturday on Truth Social and added that attacks on Iran would continue in a bid to enforce regime change.
‘The heavy and pinpoint bombing, however, will continue, uninterrupted throughout the week or, as long as necessary to achieve our objective,’ he said.