Jakarta - Protestors in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province on Thursday stormed an outlet of the US fast food chain KFC during a demonstration against Israel's raids on the Gaza Strip, police and a restaurant employee said.

About 200 protestors rallied outside the popular chicken restaurant in the provincial capital Palu to condemn Israel's attacks on Gaza and US support for the Jewish state, burning American and Israeli flags, police said.

Some of the protestors entered the restaurant, overturning tables and chairs and smashing the signboard, said an employee of the restaurant, who declined to give his name.

The restaurant was closed after the attack and management had not decided when to reopen, he said.

"I think they protested here because KFC is an American restaurant. But it is owned by an Indonesian," he said.

No one was hurt in the incident, he said.

The KFC restaurant in Palu has been a target of anti-American protests in the past.

Meanwhile, police in the Central Java provincial capital Semarang stopped dozens of students who tried to enter a hotel to look for foreigners during an anti-Israeli protest, the state Antara news agency reported.

The students then staged a rally outside the hotel, shouting slogans against Israel and the United States.

Indonesia has seen daily protests since Israel launched strikes on Gaza earlier this month in what it says is a defensive move to halt rocket attacks on its territory by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (dpa)