Iran launched three retaliatory waves of missiles at targets in Israel on June 13, as Israelis rode out the attacks in bomb shelters and world leaders discussed the deepening conflict. Plumes of smoke rose over central Tel Aviv and at least one building was hit and set ablaze.

China's Ambassador to the U.N. Fu Cong speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the situation in the Middle East and the Palestinian question at U.N. headquarters in New York City,