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

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South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley said Saturday that the university is working to bring three former women’s basketball players, including WNBA veteran Tiffany Mitchell, home from Israel as joint missile strikes with the United States against Iran continued. 

Staley shared a message on X revealing that Mitchell, who played last season for the Seattle Storm, along with former Phoenix Mercury forward Mikiah Herbert Harrigan and former Team USA guard Destiny Littleton, were all in Israel at the time of the strikes.

Head coach Dawn Staley of the South Carolina Gamecocks looks on during their game against the Vanderbilt Commodores at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina, on Jan. 25, 2026.  (Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images)

"Please pray for our @GamecockWBB @TiffMitch25 @2121Mikiah @dstnylttltn24 who are in a war zone in Israel," her post read.  

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"We are working a plan to get home.  Let us pray for our loved ones to return home safely asap!  Thank you in advance." 

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

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

South Carolina guard Destiny Littleton (11) plays during a women’s college basketball game between the Kentucky Wildcats and the South Carolina Gamecocks at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina, on Jan. 9, 2022. (John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"I’m about to head to the shelter now," she said in one video.