Operation Neretva '93

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Date	September, 1993
Location	Herzegovina
Result	Draw, operation halted

Belligerents

Bosnian government forces:
ARBiH

Croat forces:
HVO

Commanders

Sefer Halilović

Unknown

Casualties and losses

Around 70 Croat civilians, combatants and POWs killed in the battles and afterwards

v • d • e War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Siege of Sarajevo – Foča massacres – Višegrad – Prijedor – Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing – Ahmići – *Neretva '93* – Banja Luka – 1st Markale – Bøllebank – Amanda – Tuzla – Mrkonjić Grad – Srebrenica massacre – Summer '95 – Tiger – Storm – 2nd Markale – NATO bombing – Mistral – Sana

Operation Neretva '93 was a Bosnian Army operation against the Croatian Defence Council and Croatian Army in September 1993 and was launched in order to end the siege of the Bosniak part of Mostar surrounded by Croat forces and severely destroyed, and to recapture areas of Herzegovina, which were included in self-proclaimed Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia. The operation was stopped by Bosnian authorities after it received the information about the incidents against civilians and POWs.

[edit] Grabovica and Uzdol

Around 70 Croat civilians, combatants and POWs were killed in the battles and afterwards in Grabovica and Uzdol^[1] as well as a number of Bosniak soldiers around Uzdol.

Bosnian commander Sefer Halilović was indicted by ICTY on the basis of superior criminal responsibility (Article 7(3) of the Statute of the Tribunal) and charged with one count of violation of the laws and customs of war (Article 3 – murder), and found not guilty.