Battle of Lođa

{{Short description|1998 battle of the Kosovo War}}

{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Battle of Lođa

| partof = the Kosovo War

| caption =

| date = First Battle: 6–17 July 1998
Second Battle: 10–17 August 1998

| place = Logjë, near Pejë, FR Yugoslavia

| result = {{Tree list}}

• First Battle: KLA and FARK victory
• Second Battle: Yugoslav victory{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PHQVCgAAQBAJ&dq=loxhe&pg=PA82 | title=Beyond the Mountains of the Damned: The War Inside Kosovo | isbn=978-0-8147-5661-4 | last1=McAllester | first1=Matthew | date=November 2003 | publisher=NYU Press |page=82}}

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• 284 houses and mosque are destroyed by the Serbian Police

| combatant1 = 22px KLA
{{Flagicon image|Flag of Kosova (1991–1999).svg|size=23px}} FARK
{{flagicon|Albania}} Civil resistance of Lođa

| combatant2 = {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} FR Yugoslavia
22px Civil volunteers

| commander1 = {{Tree list}}

• 22px Tahir Zemaj
• 22px Sali Çekaj
• {{flagicon|Albania}} Luan Shala

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| commander2 = {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Nebojša Pavković
{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Srđan Perović{{KIA}}https://www.kosovo-online.com/vesti/hronika/godisnjica-stradanja-kapetana-srdjana-perovica-kojeg-je-ovk-mucila-pet-dana-6-7-2024

| strength1 =

| strength2 =

| casualties3 = 2 civilians killed, 25 wounded

| casualties1 = 22px 2 killed{{cite news| publisher=reliefweb| url=https://reliefweb.int/report/serbia/west-corner-kosovo-tense-after-village-battle|title=West Corner of Kosovo tense after village battle| date= 12 July 1998|access-date=28 April 2022}}

| casualties2 = {{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} 3 killed, 8 wounded{{cite web|website=Kosovo Online|date=6 July 2024|title=Godišnjica stradanja kapetana Srđana Perovića, kojeg je OVK mučila pet dana|language=sr|url=https://www.kosovo-online.com/vesti/hronika/godisnjica-stradanja-kapetana-srdjana-perovica-kojeg-je-ovk-mucila-pet-dana-6-7-2024|accessdate=13 March 2025}}

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{{Campaignbox Kosovo War}}

The Battle of Lođa ({{langx|sr|Boj na Lođi|italics=yes}}, {{lang-sr-Cyrl|Бој на лођи}}, {{langx|sq|Beteja e Logjës}}) was fought during the Kosovo War in the village of Logjë first on 6-12 July 1998{{Cite web |title=West Corner of Kosovo tense after village battle - Serbia |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/serbia/west-corner-kosovo-tense-after-village-battle |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=ReliefWeb |date=12 July 1998 |language=en}} and again later on 10-17 August 1998.{{Cite web |title=Serbian artillery pounds ethnic Albanian villages in Kosovo - Albania |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/albania/serbian-artillery-pounds-ethnic-albanian-villages-kosovo |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=ReliefWeb |date=10 August 1998 |language=en}} The battle was fought between the Yugoslav Army against the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosova (FARK).{{Cite web|url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/pm-mustafa-government-to-urge-for-post-war-murder-cases|title=Kosovo PM: Solve Post-War Political Murders |date=7 July 2015 |website=Balkan Insight}} The first battle was an operation launched to counterattack the Albanian rebels after two Yugoslav policemen patrolling the area had been killed.{{cite web|url=http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900sid/ACOS-64D3N9?OpenDocument&Click= |title=Serbia: Kosovo fighting dies out after rebel loss | ReliefWeb |publisher=Reliefweb.int |date=1998-08-17 |access-date=2012-01-21}} The first battle ended in an KLA victory, while the second operation ended in a Yugoslav victory.{{cite web |date=17 August 1998 |title=Refugees In Kosovo Are in Peril |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/17/world/refugees-in-kosovo-are-in-peril.html |access-date=28 November 2012 |work=The New York Times}} All of the village's 284 houses and mosque were destroyed by the Serbian Police with bulldozers.{{cite book|author=Human Rights Watch (Organization)|title=Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1n8DrZg2rb8C&pg=PA542|year=2001|publisher=Human Rights Watch|isbn=978-1-56432-264-7|pages=542–}}