Sometimes when respawning, players will have a hitbox half a block tall. From my experience it is only on Bedrock edition and Education edition, but it is fixed via death. Mobs that are 2+ blocks tall cannot harm you but smaller mobs [wolves, baby zombies, etc] can.
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