BEIRUT - Gunmen opened fire on several army positions and a patrol in Lebanon's Baalbek region in the Bekaa Valley overnight, killing one soldier, the military command said in a statement on Monday.

"A number of armed (men) fired at a patrol belonging to the army and military centres...which led to the martyrdom of one of the soldiers," it said.

(Reporting by Ellen Francis; editing by Jason Neely) ((Ellen.Francis@thomsonreuters.com;))