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The conflict is deeply personal for many people, including in Vermont. But for many reasons, the war is hard to talk about.

The first tents went up at the University of Vermont Sunday afternoon. An outdoor Passover seder was held that evening. Students at Middlebury College also erected tents Sunday.

The measure, which would provide $95 billion in military aid, has little hope of seeing a vote in the House where hard-line Republicans oppose the measure.

About 1,000 Hamas militants reached Israel and attacked civilians and military targets, despite Israel's security forces having focused on Hamas for decades. At least 700 Israelis were killed.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to exact an "immense price from the enemy" after Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip used paragliders and other means to infiltrate Israel.

The Israeli Knesset has voted to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu after 12 years in power. Israel's longest-serving prime minister will be succeeded by Naftali Bennett, a former aide turned political rival.