Australians detained by Israel after trying to sail a symbolic aid shipment to Gaza are about to arrive back at home.

Juliet Lamont, Hamish Paterson and Abubakir Rafiq will land in Sydney on Friday, while Bianca Webb-Pullman will touch down in Melbourne, after more than a month at sea with the Global Sumud Flotilla.

The group were among dozens detained in Israel – where some allege they were assaulted and threatened – and then deported to Jordan, after their ships were intercepted off the Gazan coast.

Julie Webb-Pullman has vowed to give her daughter Bianca a big hug, having only limited contact after the activist threw her phone overboard before Israeli naval forces boarded her vessel.

“On the one hand, she’s happy for herself to be free, but on the other hand, it’s a very limited hap

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