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Cambodia’s Defence Ministry said Thai F-16 fighter jets continue to bomb targets inside country after US President Trump announced truce.
Published On 13 Dec 2025
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has said military action against Cambodia will continue despite an earlier claim by United States President Donald Trump that he had successfully brokered a ceasefire between the neighbouring countries.
“Thailand will continue to perform military actions until we feel no more harm and threats to our land and people. I want to make it clear. Our actions this morning already spoke,” Anutin said in a Facebook post on Saturday morning.
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The Thai leader’s announcement came after Cambodia had earlier accused Thailand of continuing to drop bombs in its territory, hours after President Trump said Bangkok and Phnom Penh had agreed to stop fighting.
“On December 13, 2025, the Thai military used two F-16 fighter jets to drop seven bombs” on a number of targets, the Cambodian Ministry of Defence said in a post on social media.
“Thai forces have not stopped the bombing yet and are still continuing the bombing,” the ministry said, listing numerous aerial and ground attacks on villages and settlements up until 8am local time (01: 00 GMT) on Saturday morning.
Local news outlet The Khmer Times cited the Cambodian Ministry of Information as saying that two hotels were bombed in the Thmor Da area of Pursat province, on the border with Thailand. The news outlet published a series of photos showing badly bombed hotel and casino buildings.

In another attack, the Thai navy reportedly opened fire from a vessel off the coast, launching 20 artillery shells into Cambodia’s Koh Kong province, striking hotels and beaches.
Cambodian authorities have not reported any casualties as a result of these most recent attacks.
Saturday marks the sixth consecutive day of fighting between the Southeast Asian neighbours after a peace agreement brokered by Trump in October broke down on Monday.
At least 20 people have been killed across both countries, with nearly 200 more wounded. An estimated 600,000 people have also been displaced on both sides of the 800km-long (500-mile) Thailand-Cambodia border, where the conflict centres on disputed ownership of centuries-old temples.
The continued fighting comes despite Trump taking to social media late on Friday to announce he had brokered what he said was an agreement between the leaders of Thailand and Cam
