All the media in Bosnia conveyed the messages from the ICTY judgement hearing emphasising that the August 1995 Operation Storm was part of a joint criminal enterprise, and the federal television of the Croat-Muslim entity aired a live broadcast of the judgement hearing in Courtroom I of the ICTY.
The leader of the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina (HDZ BiH), Dragan Covic said that he was "appalled as a man".
"Although this verdict is not final, it is difficult to accept it," the HDZ BiH leader said.
The HDZ 1990 said in a statement that Operation Storm was a legitimate liberating operation.
"Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina are particularly sensitive to the attempts to criminalise Operation Storm, given that it created prerequisites for military operations which paved the way for peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina," the HDZ 1990 said.
A leader of Croatian Serb refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Petar Dzodan, said he was glad to see that the UN tribunal's judgement confirmed that Operation Storm was a joint criminal enterprise carried out by Croatian President Franjo Tudjman.