Overview
- Staley said on X that Tiffany Mitchell, Mikiah Herbert Harrigan and Destiny Littleton are in a war zone in Israel and that she is working on a plan to get them home.
- Littleton posted videos from Jerusalem showing sirens, explosions and drones, later saying she reached a teammate’s apartment with a safe room and was trying to stay calm.
- Littleton told Fox News Digital her planned Tuesday flight home was canceled, describing repeated shelter-in-place routines and saying the experience may leave lasting trauma.
- A South Carolina athletics spokeswoman told ESPN there was no additional public information beyond Staley’s post as efforts to bring the players home continue.
- Reports describe widespread interceptions by Israel’s air defenses and restricted airspace complicating departures after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran were followed by Iranian retaliation.