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Nine children are among the 13 Palestinians killed in the latest round of attacks on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, according to health officials.

The first attack, which took place overnight, killed a married couple and their three-year-old child, according to the nearby Kuwait Hospital, where the bodies were taken.

The woman was pregnant, the hospital said, but doctors managed to save the baby.

A second attack killed eight children and two women, all from the same family, according to hospital records.

It comes just one day after nine people were killed in another airstrike on the city, including six children.

Israel has carried out almost daily airstrikes on Rafah, where more than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents have sought refuge from fighting elsewhere in the enclave.

It has also pledged to expand its ground offensive into the city on the border with Egypt, despite international calls for restraint, including from the US.

The Israeli army says Hamas militants are holed up in Rafah.

About 80% of Gaza’s population has fled their homes to other parts of the territory, which experts say is on the brink of famine.