Beirut - Demonstrators clashed Sunday with Lebanese security forces as they attempted to advance to the US embassy near Beirut, while protesting the ground assault on Gaza and the US stand on Israel's military actions.

Around 150 people belonging to the Lebanese Communist Party gathered outside the embassy building north east of the capital and attempted to cross the barbed wire that has placed around the embassy.

"The US administration is helping Israel in killing the Palestinian people ..," read a placard carried by the demonstrators.

Lebanese security forces dispersed the angry demonstrators using water hoses and tear gas.

Similar daily protests against the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip have been taking place in the Lebanese capital since the Israeli began its attacks on the salient on December 27. (dpa)