Valley of Tears (Hebrew: עֵמֶק הַבָּכָא, Emek HaBakha), (Series original name: Hebrew: שְׁעַת נְעִילָה, Sha‘at Ne'ila – meaning "the hour of Ne'ila") is an Israeli television miniseries directed by Yaron Zilberman based on a screenplay by Ron Leshem and starring Aviv Alush, Joy Rieger and Lior Ashkenazi.

The story is told from the perspective of three characters, thrown into the heart of battle and war, whose effects are intoxicating and addictive.

[7] For filming, Ron Leshem and Amit Cohen "studied Israeli army lingo and thousands of soldier testimonies.

Corporal Avinoam Shapira, a soldier in the intelligence unit at the Mount Hermon outpost, is tasked with recording conversations obtained through wiretaps.

After his commander does not believe him, he discovers that Lieutenant Yoav, the post's combat officer, is leaving for a short vacation to be with his girlfriend, Dafna.

Marco hates the establishment due to the poor quality of life of the Mizrahim compared to Ashkenazim and is considering defecting from the IDF.

The next day, as the country (including on-duty soldiers) are quietly praying and fasting for Yom Kippur, the Syrians launch an invasion of the Golan heights.

In Tel-Aviv, Meni Ben-Dror is woken by air raid sirens and a desperate call from his ex-wife, from Paris.

As he runs towards Aviram, Caspi's own tank is destroyed by an explosion as nearby Syrian infantry forces in hiding attack the unit.

At a nearby base, Yoav's girlfriend and fellow officer, Lieutenant Dafna, resists orders for all women to evacuate the front lines.

After Syrian forces infiltrate Hermon, Avinoam attempts to lead his fellow soldiers to safety through the facility's secret tunnels.

It may be the only way to escape now that the Syrian commandos have broken through the main entrance atop the hill, trapping the Israeli soldiers within the outpost's tunnels.

Following Caspi's unhinged machine gun attack on the Israeli APC, the tankers of the 87th run down the hill to survey the damage.

Release of the series in Israel prompted what The New York Times described as "an intense public reckoning with the scope of war trauma and the treatment of survivors" by exposing a younger generation to battlefield sacrifices and reliving a period so painful that Israeli culture rarely deals with it.

The series focused new attention on war veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, and also generated criticism for historical inaccuracies.

[11] On October 13, 2020, distributor WestEnd Films announced it had sold global rights to the series to HBO Max.