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ThailandCambodia Border Battles Intensify With Airstrikes and Rocket Fire, Forcing 500,000 to Flee

US pressure grows for a return to the Kuala Lumpur de-escalation measures.

Overview

  • Fighting expanded across multiple border provinces, with Thai F-16 airstrikes and Cambodian BM-21 rocket salvos reported alongside tanks and armed drones.
  • Authorities say more than 500,000 people have evacuated—over 400,000 in Thailand and roughly 100,000 to 127,000 in Cambodia—with extensive school closures.
  • Thailand reported rockets landing near Phanom Dong Rak Hospital in Surin, triggering a patient evacuation, and imposed a night curfew in parts of Sa Kaeo province.
  • Officials report at least a dozen people killed, including Thai soldiers and Cambodian civilians, and both governments accuse the other of striking civilian areas.
  • President Trump says he will call both leaders as Secretary of State Marco Rubio urges an immediate halt and a return to October’s measures, while Bangkok rejects mediation and vows operations will continue.