The death toll in the renewed fighting between Thailand and Cambodia over a disputed border has risen even as the fighting r continues, as thousands of people are displaced
Cambodia says two more civilians have been killed in overnight shelling by Thai forces, bringing the total deaths on its side to seven. Thailand has reported that at least three soldiers have been killed
Both sides have blamed each other for the clashes, which have derailed a fragile ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump earlier in July
Trump had at the time claimed a historic achievement in ending the border conflict, with Cambodia nominating Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize for his role
Thailand and Cambodia have been contesting territorial sovereignty along their 800km land border for more than a century
No fewer than three Thai soldiers have now been killed in this round of clashes, one on Monday and two more on Tuesday, according to the Thai Army.
Those killed on Tuesday included one soldier who suffered a fatal shrapnel would in Surin province, and another who was killed
