Overview
- Thai officials say warplanes struck military targets to suppress Cambodian supporting fire and secure strategic positions, including sites identified as weapons depots, command nodes and logistics routes.
- Thailand reports one soldier killed and others wounded, with evacuations under way from border towns and a civilian death during the evacuation attributed to a preexisting medical condition.
- Cambodia’s Defense Ministry alleges Thailand launched the initial attack and says its forces did not retaliate during the early strikes, while accusing Thailand of prior provocations.
- Initial reports from a Cambodian government channel place the renewed fighting in Preah Vihear province and allege damage near the Tamoan Thom temple, which remains unverified.
- The escalation follows deadly July clashes and an October cease-fire pushed by Washington, which has been strained by recent incidents including Thai troop injuries from land mines.