Casualties include an 8-year-old Thai boy and multiple Cambodian civilians. Thousands of displaced families are sheltering with monks, NGOs and volunteers as schools and markets close across the border region.

Soth Sim decided to return to his home in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province, which is 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the border with Thailand’s Surin province, as a ceasefire between the two Southeast Asian nations seemed to take hold despite accusations of violations.