{"id":330483,"date":"2026-03-30T18:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/war-reporter-rewatches-intense-libya-conflict-footage-for-the-first-time\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T18:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T17:00:25","slug":"war-reporter-rewatches-intense-libya-conflict-footage-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/war-reporter-rewatches-intense-libya-conflict-footage-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"War reporter rewatches intense Libya conflict footage for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/7E3EKhnnYHg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"War reporter rewatches intense Libya conflict footage for the first time\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7E3EKhnnYHg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Our war reporter John Ray was sent to Libya in 2011 to cover the dramatic fall of Muammar Gaddafi during the Arab Spring and report on the Libya conflict from the front line.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he became captured himself \u2014 held hostage by the Libyan dictator\u2019s regime forces in the Rixos Hotel in Tripoli &#8211; before making a daring escape.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, John revisits his death-defying war reporting alongside rebel forces on the road to the Libyan capital, watching back intense combat footage and 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, from war reporting and conflict journalism to historic global events.<\/p>\n<p>This episode explores:<\/p>\n<p>The fall of Gaddafi in Libya (2011)<br \/>\nThe Arab Spring conflict<br \/>\nFrontline war reporting in Tripoli<br \/>\nIntense combat and rebel advances<br \/>\nThe Rixos Hotel hostage crisis<br \/>\nThe reality of conflict journalism<\/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 war reporter John Ray was sent to Libya in 2011 to cover the dramatic fall of Muammar Gaddafi during the Arab Spring and report on the Libya conflict from the front line. 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