Cambodia’s Defence Ministry reported that Thai F-16 jets kept bombing Cambodian territory after US President Donald Trump said a truce had been agreed. The ministry posted that on December 13, 2025 two F-16s dropped seven bombs on multiple targets and that bombing of hotel buildings and bridges was still ongoing.
Thailand’s prime minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, said military operations would continue until Thai authorities judged there was no longer a threat to the country. Writing on Facebook, he said Thailand would carry on with military actions “until we feel no more harm and threats to our land and people.” He also rejected a US claim that a roadside bomb that killed and wounded Thai soldiers was an accident, saying it was “certainly not a roadside accident.”
Earlier, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that he had spoken with the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia and that they had “agreed to CEASE all shooting effective this evening,” returning to a peace accord he said had been brokered with the help of Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim. Cambodia’s government, however, said the strikes continued hours after that announcement.
The strikes came during a sixth consecutive day of cross-border clashes that began earlier in the week. At least 20 civilians and soldiers have been reported killed and about 200 wounded. Aid groups and officials estimate roughly 600,000 people have been displaced on both sides of the roughly 800-kilometre border, where the dispute centers on contested ownership of centuries-old temples.