Artillery shells and aerial bombs landed near the Palaw Tapoe camp, forcing residents to abandon the site. “Fighter jets have been dropping bombs around the area, making it impossible to stay in the camp,” a female camp official said. The Palaw Tapoe camp shelters over 500 households—roughly 3,000 people—from ten surrounding villages, as well as civilians previously displaced from Lay Kay Kaw Town. Camp organizers have coordinated with Thai border authorities across the river, preparing boats to facilitate emergency crossings if hostilities escalate further. In March 2026, a junta suicide drone attack wounded several residents, forcing a previous evacuation to the riverbank.