Thailand’s army on Monday (December 8) announced that it had launched airstrikes at “military targets in several areas” of Cambodia in retaliation for the killing of at least two soldiers in purported Cambodian attacks along their border.

Cambodia has denied opening fire and claims that the Thai army attacked of its own volition, while it refrained from retaliating.

The Thai army said that one Thai soldier has died and eight others have been injured, while Cambodian officials have said three civilians on their side have been injured in the strikes, according to a BBC report. Thousands have been evacuated on both sides of the border.

It was only in October that the two Southeast Asian countries signed a peace deal brokered by Malaysia and supervised by US President Donald Trump .

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