Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1948 i marenatia a Lotz ki tētahi Hurai o Iharaira, a Rivka, ā, he tama tā rāua, a Oded Gur-Arie. I te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Independence i te tau 1948 ka uru a Lotz ki te Israel Defense Forces hou, ka mahi me te taumata o te Kapene. I whai wāhi ia ki te pakanga a Latrun. I te mutunga o te pakanga i te tau 1949, ko Lotz te taumata o te rangatira. I te Pakanga o Hinai
I te tau 1956, i te whakaekenga a Iharaira, te United Kingdom, me France ki Ihipa, ka eke a Lotz ki te taumata o te Major me te whakahau i tetahi brigade Infantry.