Gaza aid ship unloads at Egyptian port

Workers load supplies on to a cargo ship at the Lavrio port, southeast of Athens, Greece, on Friday.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• NEW: A Libyan-backed ship carrying aid for Gaza unloads at the Egyptian port of Al Arish
• The ship's captain is awaiting final approval to unload aid
• The ship attempted to break an Israeli naval blockade of Gaza, but was diverted
• Israeli soldiers killed nine activists aboard another aid ship in May

(CNN) -- A Libyan-backed ship carrying humanitarian goods for Gaza docked Thursday at Al Arish in northern Egypt and unloaded tons of aid from the Gadhafi Foundation, a charity headed by the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
The vessel reached Egypt after sailing from Greece on Saturday with 2,000 tons of aid. It was the latest ship attempting to breach an Israeli naval blockade of the Palestinian territory of Gaza whose captain was persuaded to dock elsewhere instead.
The aid includes food, medicine, and construction materials to be taken from the port to the Gaza border about 25 miles (42 km) away.