"When you think of Arbel, you begin to understand why they say that God always takes the 'good ones', you were always the best, the best in everything, the glue that kept the team together and motivated us, the one who would organize unit gatherings, hikes and trips, a true leader". No, we will not forget how you took it upon yourself to instill all the "city kids" with a passion for hiking in nature…

How after a back wrenching week of orienteering, whether in the north or the south, when most of us just wanted to lay under the air-conditioner, you tried to drag us to another hike in the Judean Desert, just one more creek. We will never forget how on nights that we were dying for pizza after another hard day in the field, we would be running after you collecting wood for a fire for another pot of soup that you loved so much, because in your unit, that's what we ate.

You did not always have it all your way, but you never got tired, and you never gave up on us.
We will never forget, how always, on early wake up calls… you were the address for the heart breaking pleas of Amnon: "Arbel, just 5 more minutes… give us just 5 more minutes... if we (your team members) had just 5 more minutes with you, 5 minutes to say good bye properly... but no, you did it your way, and when you decide something, everyone agrees, just like a true leader.

Aside from the giant hole that you left in each and every one of us, you left a giant hole in our unit. Officers came and officers went but Arbel the leader always stayed with us.

Now you are gone, I have absolutely no idea who will take your place, who will motivate everyone. I do not understand why God took you. I guess that he needs someone like you up there, someone who will keep things moving, wake up the sleepy ones and the lazy ones refusing to get up.

We will miss very much:
Amir, Akerman, Amnon, Gross, Hezi, Eisenberg, Udi, Tycho, Mangisto, Yarden, Schwartz, Siag, Rivlin, David, Ivan, David, Turgeman, Michael, Zimmerman, Kfir, Kozi, Yigal, Nati, Giora, Yuval, Shacham, Shweitzer, Adiel and Gilad.

And the entire "Orev" Givati family, that loves you and misses you and hugs your family real hard, is crying that they have joined our "family" under such painful circumstances.

Arbel, you will remain in our hearts forever, we have lost a true friend..."