By the CNN Wire Staff
(CNN) -- Iran's Red Crescent Society will try to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza by sending food and medical supplies "in the next few days," Iranian media reported Monday, citing an official with the organization.
Abdul Rauf Adibzadeh said relief goods will arrive in Gaza via Egypt by the end of the week.
The aid group also is preparing to send two relief ships to the coast of Gaza, including a hospital ship with doctors, nurses and operating rooms and another vessel with more relief goods such as food and medication, the IRNA and Mehr news agencies reported.
Israel stopped a convoy of six ships trying to deliver aid to Gaza last week in defiance of an Israeli blockade, killing at least nine people in the course of boarding one of the vessels.
Adibzadeh said there is a possibility that Iranian Red Crescent ships may be attacked but added that, despite the danger, if the Iranian authorities approve the plan the shipments will be sent to Gaza.
