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Thai F-16 fighter jets strike Cambodian military buildings

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Thai fighter jets attacked Cambodian military buildings as clashes raged along the border.

Footage shows smoke and explosions erupting from the Cambodian side as F-16 planes dropped bombs in the disputed Ban Nong Ri village in Trat province, on December 11.

The Royal Thai Air Force had dispatched the army jets to provide aerial support to ground troops fighting in the area. They claim that Trump's flimsy ceasefire agreement - hastily put together to boost his bid for a Nobel peace prize - has been rendered invalid by 'continuous Cambodian aggression' along the border.

Fighting flared up on Sunday as the Thai army claimed Cambodian troops fired on a Thai engineering team building an access road in a disputed border area.

The Thai military said nine soldiers and three civilians have been killed, while more than 120 personnel were injured.
Cambodia has not revealed the extent of its military fatalities.

More than 500,000 people have been displaced on both sides.

Cambodia's assault has largely been wayward, unguided rockets fired indiscriminately into Thai territory, while Thailand has used precision drone strikes and fighter jet strikes on military sites, or buildings being used by soldiers.

The BBC has reported that Thailand has provided 'compelling evidence' that Cambodia has also 'laid new landmines in bad faith' that have continued to injure Thai soldiers along the border.

Former Khmer Rouge henchman and Cambodian dictator Hun Sen - who was a leading figure in the genocide of his own people in the 1970s before assuming power in 1985 and overseeing the murder of thousands of opposition figures and critics - has repeatedly claimed that he wants peace and that Thailand is the aggressor.

Thai officials claim the ongoing border confrontations are a threat to national security, and the areas must be secured.

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