Over the remainder of 1992 , offensives by Bosnian government forces from Srebrenica increased the area under their control , and by January 1993 they had linked with Bosniak-held Žepa to the south and Cerska to the west . At this time , the Srebrenica enclave had reached its peak size of 900 square kilometres ( 350 sq miles ) , although it was never linked to the main area of Bosnian-government controlled land in the west and remained , in the words of the ICTY , " a vulnerable island amid Serb-controlled territory " . During this time , Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( ARBiH ) forces under the command of Naser Orić used Srebrenica as a staging ground to attack neighboring Serb villages inflicting many casualties . On one occasion in 1993 , the village of Kravica was attacked by ARBIH and resulted in numerous Serb civilian casualties . The actions carried out by the ARBIH under the command of Naser Orić were seen as a catalyst for what occurred in Srebrenica in 1995 . According to General Philippe Morillon 's testimony at the session of the ICTY 12 February 2004 : Over the next few months , the Serb military captured the villages of Konjević Polje and Cerska , severing the link between Srebrenica and Žepa and reducing the size of the Srebrenica enclave to 150 square kilometres . Bosniak residents of the outlying areas converged on the town of Srebrenica and its population swelled to between 50,000 and 60,000 people
Kravica
Kravica attack (1993)
Srebrenica massacre