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The Kosovo Liberation Army [[Attack on Orahovac|mounted a full scale assault]] on the town of [[Rahovec|Orahovac]] on 16 July, which resulted in the KLA capturing the town.[{{cite book |date=2001 |first=Heike |last=Krieger |title=The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation, 1974–1999 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |p=109 |isbn=978-0-521-80071-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-OhPTJn8ZWoC&pg=PA109 }}][{{cite web |date=20 July 1998 |title=Rebels Claim First Capture Of a City In Kosovo |website=nytimes.com |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/20/world/rebels-claim-first-capture-of-a-city-in-kosovo.html}}] Around the same time, 1,000 KLA soldiers [[July 18, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border clashes|attempted to cross the border into Kosovo]], but failed.[{{cite web |date=19 July 1998 |title=Shells Said to Fall on Albania; 30 Rebels Reported Killed |website=nytimes.com |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/19/world/shells-said-to-fall-on-albania-30-rebels-reported-killed.html |access-date=3 December 2025 |url-access=registration }}][{{cite web |date=19 July 1998 |title=Albania angry as Kosovo fighting intensifies |website=news.bbc.co.uk |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/135500.stm |access-date=3 December 2025 }}] The fight ended with 10 casualties on the KLA side and only 200 militants were able to cross the border, with several others retreating to Albania.[{{cite web |date=20 July 1998 |title=Serbs 'retake' Kosovo town intensifies |website=news.bbc.co.uk |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/135643.stm |access-date=3 December 2025 }}][{{cite book |date=2006 |first=Mirko |last=Čupić |title=Oteta zemlja: Kosovo i Metohija |lang=sr |publisher=Nolit |p=277 |isbn=978-8-619-02392-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KLEtAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA277 |script-quote=sr:Serbian |trans-quote=Only after three days, on July 19/20, strong police and military forces liberated Orahovac. In that battle, around 60 terrorists were killed, and two police officers also died ... }}] Around 25 KLA militants were killed during the battle per KLA sources.[{{cite web|url=https://pashtriku.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/deshmoret-e-UCK-monografi.pdf |title=Dëshmorët e Ushtrisë Çlirimtare të Kosovës|first=Nezir|last=Myrtaj|website=pashtriku.org}}] |
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The Kosovo Liberation Army [[Attack on Orahovac|mounted a full scale assault]] on the town of [[Rahovec|Orahovac]] on 17 July, which resulted in the KLA capturing the town.[{{cite book |date=2001 |first=Heike |last=Krieger |title=The Kosovo Conflict and International Law: An Analytical Documentation, 1974–1999 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |p=109 |isbn=978-0-521-80071-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-OhPTJn8ZWoC&pg=PA109 }}][{{cite web |date=20 July 1998 |title=Rebels Claim First Capture Of a City In Kosovo |website=nytimes.com |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/20/world/rebels-claim-first-capture-of-a-city-in-kosovo.html}}] Around the same time, 1,000 KLA soldiers [[July 18, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border clashes|attempted to cross the border into Kosovo]], but failed.[{{cite web |date=19 July 1998 |title=Shells Said to Fall on Albania; 30 Rebels Reported Killed |website=nytimes.com |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/19/world/shells-said-to-fall-on-albania-30-rebels-reported-killed.html |access-date=3 December 2025 |url-access=registration }}][{{cite web |date=19 July 1998 |title=Albania angry as Kosovo fighting intensifies |website=news.bbc.co.uk |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/135500.stm |access-date=3 December 2025 }}] The fight ended with 10 casualties on the KLA side and only 200 militants were able to cross the border, with several others retreating to Albania.[{{cite web |date=20 July 1998 |title=Serbs 'retake' Kosovo town intensifies |website=news.bbc.co.uk |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/135643.stm |access-date=3 December 2025 }}][{{cite book |date=2006 |first=Mirko |last=Čupić |title=Oteta zemlja: Kosovo i Metohija |lang=sr |publisher=Nolit |p=277 |isbn=978-8-619-02392-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KLEtAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA277 |script-quote=sr:Serbian |trans-quote=Only after three days, on July 19/20, strong police and military forces liberated Orahovac. In that battle, around 60 terrorists were killed, and two police officers also died ... }}] Around 25 KLA militants were killed during the battle per KLA sources.[{{cite web|url=https://pashtriku.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/deshmoret-e-UCK-monografi.pdf |title=Dëshmorët e Ushtrisë Çlirimtare të Kosovës|first=Nezir|last=Myrtaj|website=pashtriku.org}}] |
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On 27 July, Yugoslav forces [[Battle of Lapušnik|launched an offensive]] to retake the village of [[Llapushnik|Lapušnik]], and to open up the [[M-9 (Kosovo)|Priština-Peć motorway]].[{{Cite web |date=1998-07-27 |title=Serbs claim rebel bastion on key Kosovo road - Albania {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/albania/serbs-claim-rebel-bastion-key-kosovo-road |access-date=2026-03-28 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}]Later on, Yugoslav authorities launched a six-day military offensive on July 28. The offensive had the goal of capturing key portions of Kosovo from the KLA.[{{cite web |date=31 July 1998 |first=R. Jeffrey |last=Smith |title=Serbians Targeted Kosovo Villages With any Rebel Links, Refugees Say |website=washingtonpost.com |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/07/31/an-empty-country/c793fe51-e795-47a5-b330-1c58268f8675/ |access-date=3 December 2025 |url-access=registration }}][{{cite web |date=30 July 1998 |title=Yugoslavia: Milosevic Says Kosovo Offensive Completed |website=rferl.org |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1089185.html |access-date=3 December 2025 }}] During 28-29 July, Yugoslav forces under the command of Slobodan Milošević launched an offensive with the goal of retaking the town of Mališevo, which was an important KLA stronghold at the time.[{{cite web |date=28 July 1998 |first=R. Jeffrey |last=Smith |title=Serbs Said to Take Rebel-held City |website=washingtonpost.com |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/07/29/serbs-said-to-take-rebel-held-city/2b40dde9-260e-4dc0-9ea0-d30f672da100/ |access-date=3 December 2025 |url-access=registration }}][{{cite web |date=28 July 1998 |title=Serbs Capture Guerrilla Stronghold in Kosovo as Rebels Flee |website=nytimes.com |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/29/world/serbs-capture-guerrilla-stronghold-in-kosovo-as-rebels-flee.html |access-date=3 December 2025 |url-access=registration }}][{{cite web |date=29 July 1998 |title=Negotiation breakthrough in Kosovo |website=news.bbc.co.uk |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/141856.stm |access-date=3 December 2025 }}] The KLA suffered 110 casualties{{sfn|Randáček|2008|p=40}}{{sfn|Reuter|1999|pp=191–192}} and 10,000 Kosovo Albanians fled the town.[{{cite web |date=23 November 2007 |title=Kosovo: Thousands of Ethnic Albanians Flee Town of Malisevo |website=newsroom.ap.org |url=https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=ac1a252f2f3b11725ada05d44b3f7ab6&mediatype=video |access-date=3 December 2025 }}] On 16 August the last KLA stronghold, the town of [[Junik]] was [[Battle of Junik|captured]] by Yugoslav forces, forcing the remaining KLA soldiers to withdraw towards surrounding hills and forests.[{{cite news|work=BBC News|title=Last KLA stronghold falls to Serbs|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/151950.stm|date=16 August 1998|access-date=3 December 2025}}] 6 Yugoslav policemen and soldiers were killed while the KLA suffered 13 losses including several commanders like [[Bekim Berisha]].[{{cite news|publisher=Chicago Tribune|title=After 20-day Siege, Serbs Capture Key Rebel Supply Town In Kosovo|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/08/17/after-20-day-siege-serbs-capture-key-rebel-supply-town-in-kosovo/|date=17 August 1998|access-date=3 December 2025}}][{{cite web|author=Humanitarian Law Center|title=Human Losses in Kosovo|publisher=HLC|url=http://www.hlc-rdc.org/?cat=278&lang=de|date=30 September 2011|access-date=3 December 2025}}] 12,000 Albanian civilians were displaced and 28 were killed.[{{cite web |title=House of Commons - Foreign Affairs - Minutes of Evidence |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmfaff/28/9111805.htm |website=publications.parliament.uk |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=3 December 2025}}] |
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On 27 July, Yugoslav forces [[Battle of Lapušnik|launched an offensive]] to retake the village of [[Llapushnik|Lapušnik]], and to open up the [[M-9 (Kosovo)|Priština-Peć motorway]].[{{Cite web |date=1998-07-27 |title=Serbs claim rebel bastion on key Kosovo road - Albania {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/albania/serbs-claim-rebel-bastion-key-kosovo-road |access-date=2026-03-28 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}]Later on, Yugoslav authorities launched a six-day military offensive on July 28. The offensive had the goal of capturing key portions of Kosovo from the KLA.[{{cite web |date=31 July 1998 |first=R. Jeffrey |last=Smith |title=Serbians Targeted Kosovo Villages With any Rebel Links, Refugees Say |website=washingtonpost.com |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/07/31/an-empty-country/c793fe51-e795-47a5-b330-1c58268f8675/ |access-date=3 December 2025 |url-access=registration }}][{{cite web |date=30 July 1998 |title=Yugoslavia: Milosevic Says Kosovo Offensive Completed |website=rferl.org |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1089185.html |access-date=3 December 2025 }}] During 28-29 July, Yugoslav forces under the command of Slobodan Milošević launched an offensive with the goal of retaking the town of Mališevo, which was an important KLA stronghold at the time.[{{cite web |date=28 July 1998 |first=R. Jeffrey |last=Smith |title=Serbs Said to Take Rebel-held City |website=washingtonpost.com |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/07/29/serbs-said-to-take-rebel-held-city/2b40dde9-260e-4dc0-9ea0-d30f672da100/ |access-date=3 December 2025 |url-access=registration }}][{{cite web |date=28 July 1998 |title=Serbs Capture Guerrilla Stronghold in Kosovo as Rebels Flee |website=nytimes.com |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/29/world/serbs-capture-guerrilla-stronghold-in-kosovo-as-rebels-flee.html |access-date=3 December 2025 |url-access=registration }}][{{cite web |date=29 July 1998 |title=Negotiation breakthrough in Kosovo |website=news.bbc.co.uk |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/141856.stm |access-date=3 December 2025 }}] The KLA suffered 110 casualties{{sfn|Randáček|2008|p=40}}{{sfn|Reuter|1999|pp=191–192}} and 10,000 Kosovo Albanians fled the town.[{{cite web |date=23 November 2007 |title=Kosovo: Thousands of Ethnic Albanians Flee Town of Malisevo |website=newsroom.ap.org |url=https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=ac1a252f2f3b11725ada05d44b3f7ab6&mediatype=video |access-date=3 December 2025 }}] On 16 August the last KLA stronghold, the town of [[Junik]] was [[Battle of Junik|captured]] by Yugoslav forces, forcing the remaining KLA soldiers to withdraw towards surrounding hills and forests.[{{cite news|work=BBC News|title=Last KLA stronghold falls to Serbs|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/151950.stm|date=16 August 1998|access-date=3 December 2025}}] 6 Yugoslav policemen and soldiers were killed while the KLA suffered 13 losses including several commanders like [[Bekim Berisha]].[{{cite news|publisher=Chicago Tribune|title=After 20-day Siege, Serbs Capture Key Rebel Supply Town In Kosovo|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1998/08/17/after-20-day-siege-serbs-capture-key-rebel-supply-town-in-kosovo/|date=17 August 1998|access-date=3 December 2025}}][{{cite web|author=Humanitarian Law Center|title=Human Losses in Kosovo|publisher=HLC|url=http://www.hlc-rdc.org/?cat=278&lang=de|date=30 September 2011|access-date=3 December 2025}}] 12,000 Albanian civilians were displaced and 28 were killed.[{{cite web |title=House of Commons - Foreign Affairs - Minutes of Evidence |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199900/cmselect/cmfaff/28/9111805.htm |website=publications.parliament.uk |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=3 December 2025}}] |
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