I visited a United Nations school in the Jabalia refugee camp which was shelled during the hostilities. Civilians had sought protection under the UN flag.

Parents and children shared heart-wrenching accounts of suffering and pain.

I met a young man whose brothers and sisters perished in the blasts. He is now confined to a wheelchair having lost his legs.

I look forward to a thorough investigation by the Israeli Defence Forces of this and other incidents in which UN facilities sustained hits and many innocent people were killed.

I am planning to move forward with an independent Board of Inquiry to look into the most serious of those cases, as well as instances in which weaponry was found on UN premises.