{"id":7230,"date":"2023-10-18T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:51:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:51:58","slug":"besnik-begunca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/","title":{"rendered":"Besnik Begunca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the village of Gabrric\u00eb, Besnik Begunca, a member of the Kosovo Liberation Army, was martyred. He was born in Ka\u00e7anik, in 1972. He participated in many patriotic events that took place in Ka\u00e7anik during the 90s of the 20th century. In March 1998, he joined the ranks of the Kosovo Liberation Army in Ka\u00e7anik. On August 4th, 1998, he joined the unit consisting of 23 fighters, who were prepared to participate in the war against Serbian forces in the Nerodime Operational Zone, in Jezerc. On August 10th, in the village of Gabric\u00eb, in a clash with Serbian forces, he was martyred. <i>(In the photo: Besnik Begunca)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Text:<\/strong> <i>Encyclopedic Dictionary of Kosovo &#8211; Vol. I <\/i>, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo, Prishtina, 2018, page 140.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo: <\/strong>\u00a9 https:\/\/www.radiokosovaelire.com\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graphic processing: <\/strong>AHCF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the village of Gabrric\u00eb, Besnik Begunca, a member of the Kosovo Liberation Army, was martyred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vdekje"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Besnik Begunca - Albanian Heritage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Besnik Begunca - Albanian Heritage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the village of Gabrric\u00eb, Besnik Begunca, a member of the Kosovo Liberation Army, was martyred.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Albanian Heritage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-18T09:00:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-15T18:51:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1730905397484.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1122\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"herit_admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"herit_admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/18\\\/besnik-begunca\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/18\\\/besnik-begunca\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"herit_admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/745b8092afe1e293d16fe1dd87afd505\"},\"headline\":\"Besnik Begunca\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-18T09:00:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-15T18:51:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/18\\\/besnik-begunca\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":133,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/18\\\/besnik-begunca\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/1730905397484.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"VDEKJE\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/18\\\/besnik-begunca\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/18\\\/besnik-begunca\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/18\\\/besnik-begunca\\\/\",\"name\":\"Besnik Begunca - Albanian Heritage\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/18\\\/besnik-begunca\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/18\\\/besnik-begunca\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/1730905397484.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-18T09:00:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-15T18:51:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/745b8092afe1e293d16fe1dd87afd505\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/18\\\/besnik-begunca\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/18\\\/besnik-begunca\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/18\\\/besnik-begunca\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/1730905397484.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/1730905397484.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1122},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/18\\\/besnik-begunca\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Besnik Begunca\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/\",\"name\":\"Albanian Heritage\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/745b8092afe1e293d16fe1dd87afd505\",\"name\":\"herit_admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f95ea8de81f2e2342ce4e50061946208dfffb71f9c65231d43b9a55fab3cae6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f95ea8de81f2e2342ce4e50061946208dfffb71f9c65231d43b9a55fab3cae6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f95ea8de81f2e2342ce4e50061946208dfffb71f9c65231d43b9a55fab3cae6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"herit_admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/en\\\/author\\\/herit_admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Besnik Begunca - Albanian Heritage","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Besnik Begunca - Albanian Heritage","og_description":"In the village of Gabrric\u00eb, Besnik Begunca, a member of the Kosovo Liberation Army, was martyred.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/","og_site_name":"Albanian Heritage","article_published_time":"2023-10-18T09:00:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-15T18:51:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":1122,"url":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1730905397484.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"herit_admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"herit_admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/"},"author":{"name":"herit_admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/#\/schema\/person\/745b8092afe1e293d16fe1dd87afd505"},"headline":"Besnik Begunca","datePublished":"2023-10-18T09:00:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-15T18:51:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/"},"wordCount":133,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1730905397484.jpg","articleSection":["VDEKJE"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/","url":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/","name":"Besnik Begunca - Albanian Heritage","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1730905397484.jpg","datePublished":"2023-10-18T09:00:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-15T18:51:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/#\/schema\/person\/745b8092afe1e293d16fe1dd87afd505"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1730905397484.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1730905397484.jpg","width":1024,"height":1122},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/18\/besnik-begunca\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Besnik Begunca"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/","name":"Albanian Heritage","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/#\/schema\/person\/745b8092afe1e293d16fe1dd87afd505","name":"herit_admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f95ea8de81f2e2342ce4e50061946208dfffb71f9c65231d43b9a55fab3cae6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f95ea8de81f2e2342ce4e50061946208dfffb71f9c65231d43b9a55fab3cae6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f95ea8de81f2e2342ce4e50061946208dfffb71f9c65231d43b9a55fab3cae6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"herit_admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al"],"url":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/author\/herit_admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10218,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7230\/revisions\/10218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}