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The report, which said that Israel used "excessive" force even though its naval blockade of Gaza was considered legal, was officially handed to Ban on Friday. The inquiry results were leaked in advance, however.
The UN Security Council and secretary general asked for the inquiry, which was carried out by former New Zealand prime minister Geoffrey Palmer along with a representative from Turkey and Israel.
"The secretary general's idea was to help bring these two countries back together again. He deeply regrets the fact that this has not been possible through this report," said deputy UN spokesman Eduardo del Buey.
"I imagine he will want time to read the report, to discuss it with his officials and then take a decision as to future steps," the spokesman added.
Israel's deputy UN ambassador Haim Waxman told AFP after the official release of the report that his country wanted better relations with Turkey.
"First of all, all these statements and pronunciations and threats are not helpful. As you can see we are very very careful not to say things that might make the situation even more unstable," Waxman said.
"The less that these kind of strong statements and threats will be made, the better the situation can be to bring back relations to where they were."
The envoy reaffirmed the Israeli government's position that it would not apologize for the raid.
"We offer our regrets, we said that we regret for the loss of innocent life, we were ready for compromise, we were ready to reach an agreement. We will not now apologize because we do not feel that we have something to apologize for," the envoy said.
"Maybe now that the report is out we can put this behind us. But we will need cooperation from Turkey as well."
Israeli commandos stopped six vessels trying to take humanitarian goods to Gaza. Nine Turkish nationals died in the raid.
The report said Israel had used "excessive" and "unreasonable" force but added that Israel's naval blockade of Gaza is legal and that the flotilla organizers had acted "recklessly" in trying the mission.
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The UN Security Council and secretary general asked for the inquiry, which was carried out by former New Zealand prime minister Geoffrey Palmer along with a representative from Turkey and Israel.
"The secretary general's idea was to help bring these two countries back together again. He deeply regrets the fact that this has not been possible through this report," said deputy UN spokesman Eduardo del Buey.
"I imagine he will want time to read the report, to discuss it with his officials and then take a decision as to future steps," the spokesman added.
Israel's deputy UN ambassador Haim Waxman told AFP after the official release of the report that his country wanted better relations with Turkey.
"First of all, all these statements and pronunciations and threats are not helpful. As you can see we are very very careful not to say things that might make the situation even more unstable," Waxman said.
"The less that these kind of strong statements and threats will be made, the better the situation can be to bring back relations to where they were."
The envoy reaffirmed the Israeli government's position that it would not apologize for the raid.
"We offer our regrets, we said that we regret for the loss of innocent life, we were ready for compromise, we were ready to reach an agreement. We will not now apologize because we do not feel that we have something to apologize for," the envoy said.
"Maybe now that the report is out we can put this behind us. But we will need cooperation from Turkey as well."
Israeli commandos stopped six vessels trying to take humanitarian goods to Gaza. Nine Turkish nationals died in the raid.
The report said Israel had used "excessive" and "unreasonable" force but added that Israel's naval blockade of Gaza is legal and that the flotilla organizers had acted "recklessly" in trying the mission.
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