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Thailand BOMBS Cambodia With F16 Fighter Jets in Border Dispute
Thailand BOMBS Cambodia With F16 Fighter Jets
Thailand/Cambodia Border Dispute; 130,000 Thai Civilians Evacuated Amid Second Day of Clashes
Thailand PM warns cross border clashes could develop into FULL WAR as fighting spreads to 12 locations
The Guardian 25 JUL 2025
F16 Fighter Jets
Thailand has evacuated more than 130,000 people along the Cambodian border, it said on Friday, as the countrys leader warned cross-border clashes could develop into war.
Clashes that began on Thursday resumed early on Friday, the Thai military reported, as the two countries fought in their bloodiest military clashes in over a decade.
Fighting had taken place in 12 locations along the disputed border, a Thai military official an expansion of the conflict that erupted a day earlier.
This present incident of aggression is escalating and could develop to the stage of war, Thailands acting prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai told reporters in Bangkok. However, right now we are still at altercation level, battling with heavy weapons. What we have done so far are to protect our land and sovereignty of our nation
Thai officials said 138,000 people from four border provinces had been evacuated, as the countrys death toll rose to 15, including 14 civilians. An eight year old boy was among those killed.
Cambodias national government has not provided details of any casualties or evacuations of civilians but a local official in Oddar Meanchey province told Reuters that one civilian had been killed and five were wounded, with 1,500 families evacuated.
Thailands military reported clashes from before dawn on Friday in the Ubon Ratchathani and Surin provinces.
Cambodian forces have conducted sustained bombardment utilising heavy weapons, field artillery and BM21 rocket systems, the Thai military said in a statement. Thai forces have responded with appropriate supporting fire in accordance with the tactical situation.
Clashes broke out on Thursday morning after weeks of simmering tensions over a long running border dispute between the south east Asian neighbours. Both accused each other of opening fire first.
The clashes are the latest in a history of conflict along Cambodia and Thailand?s 508 mile border, sections of which are subject to overlapping claims due to disagreements about colonial era maps.
The recent border tensions first erupted in May, when troops briefly exchanged fire in a contested area, killing a Cambodian soldier.
This led to retaliatory measures by both sides
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