WNBA's Tiffany Mitchell and former South Carolina women’s basketball players stuck in Israel amid strikes

South Carolina women’s hoops manager Dawn Staley said Saturday that the assemblage is moving to bring 3 erstwhile women’s hoops players, including WNBA seasoned Tiffany Mitchell, location from Israel arsenic associated rocket strikes with the United States against Iran continued. 

Staley shared a connection connected X revealing that Mitchell, who played past play for the Seattle Storm, on with erstwhile Phoenix Mercury guardant Mikiah Herbert Harrigan and erstwhile Team USA defender Destiny Littleton, were each successful Israel astatine the clip of the strikes.

Head manager Dawn Staley of the South Carolina Gamecocks looks connected during their crippled against the Vanderbilt Commodores astatine Colonial Life Arena successful Columbia, South Carolina, connected Jan. 25, 2026.  (Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images)

"Please commune for our @GamecockWBB @TiffMitch25 @2121Mikiah @dstnylttltn24 who are successful a warfare portion successful Israel," her station read.  

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"We are moving a program to get home.  Let america commune for our loved ones to instrumentality location safely asap!  Thank you successful advance." 

Neither the WNBA nor the University of South Carolina instantly responded to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

Littleton, who played for the South Carolina Gamecocks from 2019-2022, posted a bid of video updates connected societal media stating that she was "safe." 

South Carolina defender Destiny Littleton (11) plays during a women’s assemblage hoops crippled betwixt the Kentucky Wildcats and the South Carolina Gamecocks astatine Colonial Life Arena successful Columbia, South Carolina, connected Jan. 9, 2022. (John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"I’m astir to caput to the structure now," she said successful 1 video. "Unfortunate, but this is the condition close now." 

Mitchell reshared Staley’s station connected X with the praying hands emojis, but did not remark further. Herbert Harrigan did the same.  

Littleton presently plays for Hapoel Lev Jerusalem, a nonrecreational women’s hoops squad successful the Israeli Women Basketball Premier League. According to the team’s Facebook, she signed with the squad successful November. She antecedently played for Team USA basketball, winning a golden medal astatine the 2017 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup.

Tiffany Mitchell (25) of the Seattle Storm moves the shot down the tribunal against the Dallas Wings astatine College Park Center successful Arlington, Texas, connected Aug. 22, 2025. (Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Mitchell signed with the Storm successful July aft opening the 2025 play with the Las Vegas Aces. She has played respective offseasons overseas, including a stint with the Russian Women's Basketball Premier League. She past played with Hapoel Lev Jerusalem during the 2024-2025 play and adjacent won the Israeli Women Basketball Premier League title successful 2019. It was not instantly known if she was presently playing for the team. She announced connected her Instagram successful November that she had signed with the Beijing Great Wall of the Women's Chinese Basketball Association. 

Herbert Harrigan was a first-round draught prime successful the WNBA, being selected sixth wide successful the 2020 WNBA Draft. She has respective stints passim the league, past playing for the Mercury successful 2024. She was aboriginal traded to the Dallas Wings earlier getting waived past year. She presently plays successful the Israeli Women Basketball Premier League for Elitzur Ramla.

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Mikiah Herbert Harrigan (21) of the Phoenix Mercury looks connected against the Dallas Wings astatine College Park Center successful Arlington, Texas, connected July 3, 2024. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

The U.S. joined Israel successful launching preemptive 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.

Iran launched retaliatory rocket strikes targeting U.S. facilities successful aggregate countries. Fox News' Jennifer Griffin reported that astir 40 missiles had landed successful Israel. Additionally, Iran appeared to deed the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, but nary casualties were reported. Iran besides launched missiles astatine Saudi Arabia and Jordan, wherever the U.S. has squadrons of precocious combatant jets, Griffin added.

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

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