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American reports confirmed that the American Delta Forces were the ones who arrested the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, and worked on transferring them out of the country.
Immediately after this announcement, activists recalled previous reports about the participation of these forces alongside the occupying forces in searching for Israeli prisoners in the Gaza Strip, who were captured by the resistance after Operation Al Aqsa Flood.
Pentagon spokesman, Patrick Ryder, stated on October 10, 2023, that American special forces concerned with freeing hostages had arrived in Israel, according to what was reported by the official Israeli broadcasting agency.
Reports indicated that these forces were Delta Forces, which at that time failed to help the occupying forces find any of the Israeli prisoners, while other reports claimed the death of American soldiers in Gaza during those operations, which the United States neither confirmed nor denied.
What is «Delta Force»?
The unit was established in the late 1970s to operate behind the scenes, and carry out missions requiring the highest degrees of secrecy and flexibility.
«Delta» Force is considered one of the «Tier-One» or «elite» units in the U.S. Military, and was responsible for an operation that led to the death of the former leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2019.
According to American military and encyclopedic references, «Delta» is exclusively tasked with the following operations:
• Counterterrorism.
• Hostage rescue.
• Capturing or precisely eliminating high-value targets.
• Carrying out operations with extreme political sensitivity.
How does «Delta» operate?
Delta Force does not publish its combat doctrine in detail, however, according to American military literature, their mode of operation is based on:
• Executing brief, decisive, and specific-purpose operations.
• Deep intelligence integration within joint special operations command.
• Tasking small, high-impact forces relying on information superiority.
• The capability of "official denial" to expand the margin of political maneuvering, thus it’s summoned when the decision is as political as it is military.
Famous Operations of Delta Force
The unit has executed or participated in numerous special military operations around the world, some of the most significant include the "Eagle Claw" operation in 1980 to free American hostages in the American embassy in Tehran, which ended in a significant failure.
It also successfully participated in the American military invasion of Grenada in 1983, as well as the American invasion of Panama in 1989 and the arrest of its president Manuel Noriega, in addition to assisting Colombian forces in capturing the drug dealer Pablo Escobar in 1993.
Delta Force also participated in Operation Desert Storm in 1991 to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait, and executed Operation Mogadishu aimed at arresting General Mohamed Farrah Aidid in 1993, but it faced a stark failure after 18 of its members were killed, 73 wounded, and one captured by Somali armed groups.
It was also part of the American forces that invaded Afghanistan in 2001, and conducted Operation Tora Bora in December 2001, and participated in the Iraq invasion during the period between 2003 and 2011.
Delta Force executed "Operation Red Dawn" in December 2003 to capture the late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, and managed the rescue operation of the American contractor Roy Helms on September 7, 2005, in Iraq after 311 days of his kidnapping.
It also intervened in the operation to evacuate the American embassy in Libya during the Benghazi attack in 2012, in addition to arresting "Abu Anas al-Libi" in Libya in October 2013, who the American authorities consider one of the leaders of Al-Qaeda.
It contributed to the capture of the Mexican drug lord "El Chapo" in 2016, and was with the forces that assassinated the leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria in 2019, as well as assassinating the commander of the Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani in 2020 in Iraq.
In October 2023, the United States sent "Delta Force" to Israel, it was said to be sent with the intention of liberating "American hostages" held by Hamas, which were captured by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas in the operation "Al Aqsa Floo
