Australians are being held in an Israeli jail after trying to reach Gaza with an aid flotilla. Photo: PR IMAGE PHOTO

Australian father-of-two Hamish Paterson's mind was close to home when he saw footage of children in war-torn Gaza.

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"He could not bear seeing the children starving, bombed and injured," his mother Judy Paterson told reporters on Tuesday.

"He said to me, if that was happening to his two daughters, he would hope the rest of the world would come to their assistance."

Mr Paterson is one of seven Australians detained in an Israeli jail after being arrested on Thursday wh

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