"Hun Sen has vowed to fight Thailand as a second day of renewed clashes sent tens of thousands fleeing border areas. In posts on Facebook and Telegram, Hun Sen said Cambodia held its fire on Monday but began shooting back overnight. He wrote that focusing on areas where Thai forces were advancing would allow Cambodia "to weaken and destroy enemy forces through counterattacks.""
"The Cambodian military said the fighting had killed seven civilians and wounded 20. That violence left dozens dead on both sides and forced more than 100,000 civilians to evacuate. The AFP news agency on Tuesday reported that another two Thai soldiers had been killed. It cited a Thai army statement as saying one was killed by indirect fire in Surin province and the other by a grenade near the Preah Vihear temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site."
Fighting intensified along the Thailand–Cambodia border after a Sunday-night skirmish that killed a Thai soldier, prompting renewed clashes and mass evacuations. Both sides blamed each other for starting the violence despite a Malaysia-brokered ceasefire supported by the United States. Cambodia's Senate President Hun Sen vowed to fight, said Cambodia held fire on Monday but returned fire overnight, and sought to focus on Thai advance areas to weaken and destroy enemy forces through counterattacks. The Cambodian military reported seven civilian deaths and 20 wounded. Thai officials reported additional Thai military deaths and accused Cambodian forces of artillery strikes into Thai provinces.
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