It is difficult to determine the exact number of properties destroyed during and after Operation Storm , since a large number of houses had already sustained damage since the beginning of the war . Human Rights Watch ( HRW ) estimates that more than 5,000 homes were destroyed during and after the battle . Out of the 122 Serbian Orthodox churches in the area , one was destroyed and 17 were damaged , but most of the damage to the churches occurred prior to the Serb retreat . HRW also reported that the vast majority of the abuses during Operation Storm were committed by Croatian forces . These abuses , which continued on a large scale for months afterward , included summary executions of elderly and infirm Serbs who remained behind and the wholesale burning and destruction of Serb villages and property . In the months following Operation Storm , at least 150 Serb civilians were summarily executed and another 110 persons forcibly disappeared . One such example is the Varivode massacre , in which nine Serb civilians were killed
Varivode massacre
Varivode massacre
Operation Storm