Since the start of Sukkos, the IDF has suffered the loss of eights soldiers in separate incidents. The first tragedy occurred on the first night of Sukkos, when five soldiers from the Golani Brigade’s reconnaissance unit were killed during operations in southern Lebanon. The soldiers were identified as Maj. Ofek Bachar, 24, from Nes Ziona; Cpt. Elad Siman Tov, 23, from Tzofim; Staff Sgt. Elyashiv Eitan Wieder, 22, from Jerusalem; Staff Sgt. Yakov Hillel, 21, from Jerusalem; and Staff Sgt.