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Cambodia claims Thailand still bombing hours after Trump ceasefire call

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Cambodia’s Ministry of Defence said Thai F-16 fighter jets continued to bomb targets inside country.

This photo taken and released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP) on December 12, 2025 shows men looking at a damaged house following clashes along the Cambodia-Thailand border in Pursat province. Thailand and Cambodia have been locked in fierce military conflict this week at their 800-kilometre (500-mile) border, stemming from a decades-long territorial dispute over ancient temples. The renewed fighting has displaced around half a million people on both sides and killed at least 20 -- with hundreds seeking shelter from continuous explosions in concrete bunkers. (Photo by AKP / Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP) / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / AGENCE KAMPUCHEA PRESS (AKP) " - HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
A photo taken and released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP) on December 12, 2025 shows men looking at a damaged house following clashes along the Cambodia-Thailand border in Cambodia's Pursat province [AKP/AFP]

Cambodia has accused Thailand of continuing to drop bombs in its territory hours after United States President Donald 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 Defence Ministry said in a post on social media on Saturday.

“Thai forces have not stopped the bombing yet and are still continuing the bombing,” the ministry said, listing aerial attacks on hotel buildings and bridges earlier in the morning.

Local news outlet 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.

The reports of continued bombing follow after President Trump said that Thailand and Cambodia had agreed “to cease all shooting” on Friday.

“I had a very good conversation this morning with the Prime Minister of Thailand, Anutin Charnvirakul, and the Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Manet, concerning the very unfortunate reawakening of their long-running War,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform on Friday.

“They have agreed to CEASE all shooting effective this evening, and go back to the original Peace Accord made with me, and them, with the help of the Great Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim,” Trump said.

With Thailand’s attacks reportedly ongoing against Cambodia, the current outbreak of violence between the two Southeast Asian neighbours has now entered a sixth day.

The latest cross-border clashes, which broke out on Monday, have so far killed at least 20 civilians and soldiers in both countries and left some 200 more wounded.

An estimated 600,000 people have also been displaced on both sides of the 800-kilometre-long (500-mile) Thai-Cambodia border, where the conflict centres on disputed ownership of centuries-old temples.

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