Srebrenica massacre commemorated in Bosnia under the shadow of Gaza

Thousands gathered in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica on Thursday to commemorate the 29th anniversary of the massacre that saw more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims executed by Serb forces during the country's war.

The commemoration of the massacre - which took place after 11 July 1995, when Bosnian Serb forces captured what was then a UN-protected enclave - comes under the shadow of the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, which has drawn a number of parallels from activists and commentators.

The Bosnian War of 1992-1995, which took place between Bosnia and Herzegovina's Croats, Muslims and Serbs, claimed approximately 100,000 lives and has left the country tense and divided along ethnic lines decades later.

The war saw widespread ethnic cleansing, and the Srebrenica massacre has officially been recognised as a genocide by a number of international organisations, including the UN.

The remains of 14 more victims of the massacre - including a 17-year-old boy - were due to be buried at a memorial cemetery in Potocari on Thursday, just outside the town.

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