Phnom Penh/Bangkok, December 10 (ANI) — Fighting along the Thailand-Cambodia border intensified as Thai F-16 fighters and Cambodian forces exchanged strikes that hit villages, a hospital and cultural sites.
Khmer Times reported that Thai F-16s dropped two bombs on Slor Kram village in Slor Kram commune, Svay Chek district, Banteay Meanchey province. The outlet also said several jets struck areas including Thi Mom Thi, An Ses, Phnom Khak and the Preah Vihear Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Thai forces were reported to have used artillery and deployed two DK rifles, while drones were used to drop explosives in the Cheyy area of Thma Da commune, Veal Veng district, Pursat province.
According to the Thai Second Army Region and coverage in the Bangkok Post, rockets fired from Cambodia struck Phanom Dong Rak Hospital in Surin province on Wednesday morning. The hospital, which was previously hit in July, was reportedly targeted by six rockets around 8:40 a.m., forcing staff and patients to evacuate.
The Second Army said clashes were underway at 12 locations on Wednesday. It accused Cambodian forces of firing roughly 5,000 rockets and launching suicide-drone attacks across several border districts, notably Chong An Ma and Chong Bok in Ubon Ratchathani, Thiang Ta Mok in Si Sa Ket, and Chong Khana and Prasat Ta Khwai in Surin.
The regional army reported four Thai soldiers killed and 68 wounded. It also provided a figure of 61 Cambodian soldiers killed, while the number of wounded on the Cambodian side was not given.
Thailand’s First Army Region said its troops recaptured an area in Ban Nong Ya Kaew in Sa Kaeo province that had been occupied by Cambodian forces, discovering anti-personnel mines and improvised explosive devices there. An effort to reclaim another enclave in Ban Nong Chan met stiff resistance, leaving five Thai soldiers injured.
In remarks while speaking in Pennsylvania about the economy, U.S. President Donald Trump said he planned to make a phone call to stop the fighting, adding he would “stop a war of two very powerful countries, Thailand and Cambodia.” His comments followed recent statements in which he claimed to have settled multiple conflicts in a short period.
The flare-up follows Thailand’s suspension in November of a peace agreement signed in Kuala Lumpur in late October — an accord witnessed by President Trump — after a landmine blast injured two Thai soldiers. Border tensions between the two countries date back decades to colonial-era map disputes, and the frontier has seen repeated clashes. Heavy fighting in July involving jets, missiles and ground troops killed dozens and displaced nearly 200,000 people.
(This report is based on regional media and military statements syndicated by ANI.)
