{"id":327893,"date":"2026-03-20T18:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/war-reporter-breaks-down-his-escape-from-being-held-hostage-in-libya\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T18:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:00:34","slug":"war-reporter-breaks-down-his-escape-from-being-held-hostage-in-libya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/war-reporter-breaks-down-his-escape-from-being-held-hostage-in-libya\/","title":{"rendered":"War reporter breaks down his escape from being held hostage in Libya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/Xq2SvOM7LXw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"War reporter breaks down his escape from being held hostage in Libya\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xq2SvOM7LXw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Our correspondent John Ray was sent to Libya in 2011 to capture the dramatic fall of Muammar Gaddafi in the Arab Spring.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he became captured himself: Held hostage by the Libyan dictator\u2019s regime forces in the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli &#8211; before a daring escape.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, John revisits the death-defying reporting alongside rebel forces on the road to the Libyan capital before describing his hellish hostage experience and how he and his team eventually fled their armed captors.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting History sees journalists join News At Ten anchor Tom Bradby to revisit their remarkable reports from the defining events of the modern age and reveal the drama that occurred off camera.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Intro<br \/>\n0:47 Entering Libya&#8217;s Civil War<br \/>\n6:28 Things Go Wrong<br \/>\n8:23 Getting to Tripoli<br \/>\n12:45 Drive to the Hotel<br \/>\n14:48 Taken Hostage<br \/>\n17:22 First Escape Attempt<br \/>\n24:06 Second Escape Attempt<br \/>\n30:42 Fall of Gaddafi<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our correspondent John Ray was sent to Libya in 2011 to capture the dramatic fall of Muammar Gaddafi in the Arab Spring. 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