At least seven civilians have been killed and roughly 20 others injured in Cambodia amid renewed border clashes with Thailand, the Cambodian Ministry of National Defense announced Tuesday.

The ministry said that more than 20,000 residents have been forced from their homes as Thai strikes — part of a long-running territorial dispute — hit multiple communities, destroying infrastructure, damaging temples, and disrupting essential public services.

“In addition to these major impacts, further tragedies and damages continue to unfold, as the Thai military has launched various types of long-range munitions into Cambodian civilian settlements located up to 30 kilometers from the border,” the ministry said.

On the Thai side, the Royal Thai Army confirmed that at least one soldier has been killed and 29 others wounded as fierce fighting resumed around contested frontier zones. Thai officials said their forces were facing “continuous attacks against our positions,” claiming Cambodian troops were firing BM-21 rocket salvos and deploying bomb-dropping and kamikaze drones against Thai bases.

The clashes, which began Monday, have now spread across multiple provinces along the more than 500-mile Cambodia–Thailand border, with each nation blaming the other for triggering the violence.

More than 125,000 people are now sheltering in hundreds of temporary camps on both sides of the border, authorities said.

The latest outbreak of violence comes only months after the two countries agreed to a ceasefire. Cambodia and Thailand have long disputed stretches of their shared land border, a conflict that periodically re-ignites despite diplomatic attempts at resolution.