{"id":158124,"date":"2025-07-24T06:40:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/thailand-cambodia-border-clash-live-thai-army-says-airstrikes-launched-against-cambodian-targets-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T06:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T06:40:34","slug":"thailand-cambodia-border-clash-live-thai-army-says-airstrikes-launched-against-cambodian-targets-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/thailand-cambodia-border-clash-live-thai-army-says-airstrikes-launched-against-cambodian-targets-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand-Cambodia border clash live: Thai army says airstrikes launched against Cambodian targets – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thailand uses \u2018air power against military targets as planned\u2019, army says after neighbours accuse each other of opening fire first along border
Full report: Armed clashes break out between Thailand and Cambodia<\/a>
At least two Thai civilians were killed and two others injured by shelling from Cambodia on Thursday, according to a district official, while the Thai army said it had launched airstrikes on military targets in Cambodia<\/a>.<\/strong>
Thailand said an F-16 fighter jet had fired into Cambodia<\/a> and destroyed a military target. The army said several more jets were ready to be deployed.
\u201cWe have used air power against military targets as planned,\u201d Thai army deputy spokesperson Richa Suksuwanon<\/strong> told reporters.
Cambodia\u2019s influential former premier Hun Sen<\/strong> \u2013 father of current prime minister Hun Manet \u2013 said that two Cambodian provinces had come under shelling from Thailand\u2019s military.<\/strong>
In a statement posted online, Hun Manet<\/strong> said \u201cCambodia has always taken a stand to solve problems peacefully, but in this case we have no choice but to respond with armed forces against armed aggression.\u201d
Here\u2019s an overview of the conflict as it stands:
Fatal clashes have broken out between Thai and Cambodian troops along a disputed section of their border with both countries accusing the other of provocation, after weeks of simmering tensions<\/a> between the south-east-Asian neighbours. <\/strong>Clashes broke out near the Khmer Hindu temple, Ta Muen Thom, on Thursday morning.
Both Thailand and Cambodia accused each other of opening fire first.<\/strong> The Thai military said Cambodian troops had opened fire near the temple, and deployed a surveillance drone before sending in troops with heavy weapons, including rocket launchers. Cambodia has denied the claims, with its ministry of national defence saying it was the Thai military that launched the first armed assault.
Thailand\u2019s military said it had closed all border checkpoints<\/strong> and that fighting was taking place at six different locations.
Cambodia\u2019s military has launched attacks targeting civilian areas in Thailand, including a hospital, causing fatalities, Thailand\u2019s foreign ministry said on Thursday, urging its neighbour to cease actions it said were severe violations of international law.<\/strong> Thailand \u201cis prepared to intensify our self-defense measures if Cambodia persists in its armed attack and violations upon Thailand\u2019s sovereignty in accordance with international law and principles,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.
Earlier on Thursday, Cambodia said it was downgrading diplomatic relations with Thailand to their lowest level, expelling the Thai ambassador and recalling all Cambodian staff from its embassy in Bangkok. <\/strong>That was in response to Thailand closing its northeastern border crossings with Cambodia, withdrawing its ambassador and expelling the Cambodian ambassador on Wednesday to protest a landmine blast that wounded five Thai soldiers.
The hostilities between Cambodia and Thailand that have continued to escalate in recent months were initially ignited after a Cambodian soldier was killed in May<\/strong> in an armed confrontation in an area both countries claim as their own.
To recap, before today\u2019s outbreak of fighting, Cambodia<\/a> said earlier on Thursday that it was downgrading diplomatic relations with Thailand to their lowest level, expelling the Thai ambassador and recalling all Cambodian staff from its embassy in Bangkok.
That was in response to Thailand<\/a> closing its north-eastern border crossings with Cambodia, withdrawing its ambassador and expelling the Cambodian ambassador on Wednesday in protest against a landmine blast that wounded five Thai soldiers, as the AP reported.
Relations between the south-east Asian neighbours have deteriorated sharply since May, when a Cambodian soldier was killed in an armed confrontation in another of the several small patches of land both countries claim as their own territory.
At least one Thai civilian has been killed in the rapidly intensifying Thai-Cambodian fighting, Thailand is saying.
Three other civilians \u2013 including a five-year-old boy \u2013 were seriously injured after Cambodia fired shots into a residential area in Thailand\u2019s Surin province, said a Thai defence ministry spokesperson, Surasant Kongsiri<\/strong>, cited by the Associated Press.
The Thai army said it had launched airstrikes on ground targets in Cambodia. The Cambodian defence ministry said Thailand\u2019s army used fire jets to drop bombs on a road near the ancient Preah Vihear temple.
Clashes were ongoing in at least six areas along the border, Surasant said.
Cambodia\u2019s defence ministry has condemned what it called Thailand\u2019s \u201creckless and brutal military aggression\u201d on Cambodia\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The ministry added that Thai fighter jets had been deployed and dropped two bombs on a road, as cited by Reuters and reported earlier<\/a>.
Thailand is closing all border points with Cambodia<\/a>, Reuters is quoting a Thai military official as saying.
Photographs are arriving over the news wires of Thais fleeing today\u2019s clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops.
Cambodia\u2019s defence ministry has confirmed Thai airstrikes on the country, saying Thailand used fighter jets to drop two bombs on a road.
Reuters also quotes the Cambodian defence ministry as accusing Thailand<\/a> of violating an agreement with Cambodia and opening fire on the Cambodian army.
Cambodia\u2019s defence ministry has not immediately responded to a Reuters request for confirmation of Thailand\u2019s claim of airstrikes against Cambodian military targets.
The Thai army said an F-16 fighter jet was deployed against Cambodia\u2019s military on Thursday as weeks of tension over a border dispute escalated into fighting.
The army said that of the six F-16s that Thailand<\/a> had prepared to deploy along the disputed border, one of the fighter jets fired into Cambodia and destroyed a military target.
Both countries have accused each other of starting Thursday\u2019s clash.
The Thai army says it has launched airstrikes on two Cambodian military targets, news agencies are reporting.
\u201cWe have used air power against military targets as planned,\u201d Thai army deputy spokesperson Richa Suksuwanon<\/strong> told reporters.
Thailand\u2019s army said of Thursday\u2019s initial clash that its forces heard an unmanned aerial vehicle before seeing six armed Cambodian soldiers moving closer to Thailand\u2019s station.
It said Thai soldiers tried to shout at them to defuse the situation but the Cambodian side started to open fire, the AP reported.
Cambodia\u2019s defence ministry said Thailand<\/a> started the armed clash and Cambodia \u201cacted strictly within the bounds of self-defence, responding to an unprovoked incursion by Thai troops that violated our territorial integrity\u201d.
Cambodian prime minister Hun Manet<\/strong> has said Thailand attacked Cambodian army positions at Prasat Ta Moan Thom and Prasat Ta Krabey in Oddar Meanchey province and expanded to the area along Cambodia\u2019s Preah Vihear province and Thailand\u2019s Ubon Ratchathani province.
\u201cCambodia has always maintained a position of peaceful resolution of problems,\u201d he said, quoted by the Associated Press. \u201cBut in this case, we have no choice but to respond with armed force against armed aggression.\u201d
Both Thailand<\/a> and Cambodia have accused each other of opening fire first in a contested border area on Thursday.
Further to the last post, Thailand\u2019s second army region has said on social media that one F-16 has been deployed for action against Cambodia\u2019s military along their border and the fighter jet is among six being readied, Reuters is reporting.
Thailand\u2019s military says it has deployed F-16 fighter jets against Cambodia<\/a> in the border area, Reuters is reporting.
A Thai army official has been quoted by Reuters as saying the military is readying to deploy six F-16 fighter jets along the Cambodian border.
More on this when it comes to hand.
At least two Thai civilians have been killed and two others injured by the shelling from the Cambodian side on Thursday, a Thai district official told Reuters.
About 40,000 civilians from 86 villages in Thailand<\/a> have been evacuated to safer locations, the district chief of Kabcheing in Surin province, Sutthirot Charoenthanasak<\/strong>, told the news agency.
Agence France-Presse is reporting that Thailand\u2019s embassy has urged nationals to leave Cambodia<\/a> over the border clashes.<\/strong>
It comes after Thailand<\/a> recalled its ambassador to Cambodia on Wednesday and said it would expel Cambodia\u2019s envoy in Bangkok, after a second Thai soldier in the space of a week lost a limb to a landmine in the disputed area.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of clashes on the Thai-Cambodia border.
Thai and Cambodian soldiers have fired at each other in a contested border area on Thursday, after the nations downgraded their diplomatic relations in a rapidly escalating dispute.
It was not immediately clear if the clash was ongoing. A livestream video from Thailand\u2019s side showed people running from their homes and hiding in a concrete bunker Thursday morning as explosions sounded periodically.
The clash happened in an area where the ancient Prasat Ta Muen Thom temple stands along the border of Thailand\u2019s Surin province and Cambodia Oddar Meanchey province.
You can read our full report here:<\/p>\n

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