Australian activists in Israeli detention for attempting to deliver aid to Gaza have been deported to Jordan.

One of those released from Ketziot prison in southern Israel is Sydney-based Abubakir Rafiq.

His sister Hajar told the news to an emotional crowd at a rally of around 1000 people in Bankstown on Tuesday night.

The event coincided with the two year anniversary of Hamas’s deadly surprise attack and Israel’s subsequent military offensive in Gaza.

“My body has been running on adrenaline for six days now, just not knowing what’s going to happen,” she told AAP, moments after announcing the news to the demonstrators.

“I’m over the moon. I’m ecstatic. I’m just really relieved.”

Late on Tuesday (AEDT), Middle Eastern media outlets reported more than 100 detainees, who had been held af

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