Overview
- Authorities report at least a dozen dead and more than half a million people evacuated into shelters across border provinces in both countries.
- Both governments traded blame for starting the clashes and for endangering civilians as rockets, artillery, drones and Thai F-16 strikes were reported along multiple fronts.
- Thailand said BM-21 rockets from Cambodia landed near a hospital in Surin, while Cambodia accused Thailand of shelling residential areas and conducting airstrikes near civilian sites.
- Thai leaders signaled continued operations and no third‑party talks, as a Cambodian adviser said Phnom Penh is ready to negotiate and Hun Sen urged forceful counterattacks.
- Cambodia withdrew from the Thailand-hosted Southeast Asian Games over safety concerns, while the United States, ASEAN and the U.N. urged an immediate halt to hostilities.