The magnitude of the military campaign and “the scope of death and destruction in Gaza has been unprecedented and unbearable”, according to a UN report, which Al Jazeera received an advanced copy of.

In the report, which was written by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and addressed to the UN Security Council, Guterres says he “is horrified” that Israeli air strikes have hit protected persons, including journalists, health care workers and humanitarian personnel, as well as civilian infrastructures including hospitals and UN facilities.

Israel continues its illegal settlement building in the occupied West Bank, citing 1,500 cases where Israeli authorities have illegally approved housing permits on Palestinian land from September through December of this year, the report said.

In the report, the UN chief concluded by asking, once again, for an immediate ceasefire.