Name Hamez Jashari Siblings Adem Jashari | Years of service 1991–98 Nephews Kushtrim Jashari | |
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Battles/wars Kosovo WarAttack on Prekaz † Similar People Adem Jashari, Zahir Pajaziti, Bekim Berisha, Agim Ramadani, Hashim Thaci | ||
Vllezerit Bajra - Adem dhe Hamez Jashari
Hamëz Jashari (1950 – March 1998) was a Kosovar Albanian combatant and brother of Adem Jashari. He was also a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). He accompanied his brother Adem during the Kosovo War, in 1998.
On 30 December 1991, when the brothers were at home in Prekaz, the Serbian police surrounded them in attempt to have them arrested. The two brothers managed to escape free and unharmed.
Later, Adem and Hamëz started attacks against the Yugoslav Police that discriminated the Albanian population in Kosovo.
Finally, on 5 March 1998, Prekaz was attacked by Yugoslav Tanks, Artillery and Miliz. Adem and Hamëz Jashari and approximately sixty members of their family were killed, the sole survivor being Hamëz's then 11-year-old daughter, Besarta.
In 2010 he received the order Hero of Kosovo by the president of Republic of Kosovo Jakup Krasniqi.
