Cairo , Egypt ( CNN ) -- The Libyan-backed ship carrying humanitarian goods for Gaza is headed to Egypt , a move that averts a showdown between Israel and the people on the vessel and generates more aid for the people in the beleaguered Palestinian land . The Gadhafi Foundation , a charity headed by the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi , told CNN in a statement Wednesday that it ordered the aid ship to dock at Al Arish in northeastern Egypt near Gaza . It said the ship was in Egyptian waters and will be at the port in two or three hours . Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Husam Zaki confirmed that Egypt has approved a request from the vessel to dock there . Israeli officials -- who said the military had been making plans to stop the ship from going to Gaza -- had been saying since Tuesday the ship would go to Egypt and not Gaza . The foundation said that its `` purpose '' was about `` peace , not confrontation or provocation . '' `` Our goal was humanitarian and to highlight the Palestinian issue . For that , so the mission has been accomplished . Bloodshed was not the objective but the ship has accomplished its own objective through negotiations with Israel . '' Israel has asked entities carrying Gaza-bound cargo to dock in the Israeli city of Ashdod , where material would be unloaded and then transported to the Gaza border . But the ship organizers said that the Israeli port `` was never an option . '' However , the group said it secured concessions for letting more aid and help into Gaza and termed the effort a `` breakthrough . '' The ship , which sailed from Greece on Saturday carrying 2,000 tons of aid , is the latest Gaza-bound aid ship attempting to breach an Israeli naval blockade of the Palestinian territory of Gaza . Israel says it must inspect all goods that enter Gaza so that weapons do not get into the hands of militants . Gaza is run by Hamas , the Palestinian Islamist movement that has said it is dedicated to the destruction of Israel . Israel came under fierce international criticism for killing nine people in the course of boarding a Gaza-bound Turkish aid ship in May . Israel said the activists on that ship attacked its troops when they boarded the boat . The Gadhafi Foundation refers to the ship as the Hope , although it appears to be registered as the MV Amalthea . It is Moldovan-flagged and run by ACA Shipping , based in Greece . According to the Israeli military , 164 truck loads of goods went into Gaza on Tuesday , saying it was more aid than the Libyan ship has on it . The Israeli assault on the Turkish ship reverberated internationally and shined light on the Gaza blockade . Israel has resisted demands for an international inquiry into the incident , but an Israeli military investigation was conducted into the boarding of the Mavi Marmara and it criticized some aspects of the operation . The operation prepared only one course of action and had no backup plan , military commanders were not presented with options other than boarding the ship , and different branches of military intelligence did not coordinate well enough , the report found . But the report said the commando team that boarded the ship operated properly , with bravery and professionalism , and that the use of live fire was justified . CNN 's Izzy Lemberg , Talal Abu-Rahma , Zain Verjee , Ben Wedeman and Paul Colsey contributed to this report .
Captain : The ship is in Egyptian waters , foundation says . Aid ship will plan to dock in Al Arish , Egypt . He says it is a request for the ship to dock .