Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1948, ka marenatia a Lotz ki tētahi Hurai nō Iharaira, a Rivka, ā, ka whanau he tama, ko 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 roto i te
I te Pakanga o Sinai i te tau 1956, i te whakaekenga a Iharaira, te United Kingdom, me France ki Ihipa, i eke a Lotz ki te taumata o te Pire me te whakahau i tetahi brigade Infantry.