Battle of Đocaj and Jasić

The Battle of Đocaj and Jasić (Albanian: Luftimet ne Gjocaj dhe Jasiq; Serbian: Битка код Ђоцаја и Јасића, Bitka kod Đocaja i Jasića) also known as the Battle of Zharra (Albanian: Beteja e Zharres; Serbian: Битка код Жара, Bitka kod Žara) took place during the Kosovo War between the ethnic Albanian paramilitary organization known as the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and the security forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia over the villages of Đocaj and Jasić in the Junik municipality in western Kosovo.

Battle of Đocaj and Jasić
Part of the Kosovo War
Date28 July 1998
Location
Đocaj and Jasić, Junik, Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Result KLA victory
Territorial
changes
Kosovo Liberation Army captures Đocaj and Jasić
Belligerents
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kosovo Liberation Army
Commanders and leaders
Goran Ostojić 
Dragan Dušanić 
Srđan Stančetić 
Mile Karanović
Agim Ramadani
Rrustem Berisha
Xhezair Shaqiri
Units involved
63rd Parachute Brigade 138th Brigade "Agim Ramadani"
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
5 killed
1 wounded
3 killed
2 wounded
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