The Palestinian Authority (PA) Health Ministry in Ramallah successfully arranged a delivery of badly-needed medicine to the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, a Thursday report said.

The International Committee of the Red Cross coordinated the entry to Gaza with the Israeli military, he said, noting the shipment will be followed by 16 truckloads of medicine and laboratory medical equipment to Gaza, for which arrangements were being made.

Ministry spokesman Omar An-Nasser said the delivery included Anti-D Immunoglobulin, antibodies that prevent an immunological condition in infants, as well as specially requested medicine for a Gazan child named Anas Abu Arabia, following an appeal from the boy’s father.

Gaza's hospitals and health sector have suffered under two and a half years of an Israeli-led blockade that has prohibited shipments of dozens of types of medicine and equipment.