Australians detained by Israel after attempting to sail a symbolic aid shipment to Gaza are set to return home and tell their tales.

Juliet Lamont, Hamish Paterson and Abubakir Rafiq are due to 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.

Their ships were intercepted off the Gazan coast and the group were detained in Israel, where some allege they were assaulted and threatened, then deported to Jordan.

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 happin

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