Egyptian authorities raided and demolished property they said were illegal near the pyramids of Giza.
The operation was met with protests by residents who said authorities were trying to force them out of their homes in order to privatise the area.
Officials they were working in coordination with the ministries of antiquities and interior.
Egyptian social media users circulated videos of police officers breaking into a hotel in the Nazlet Al-Samman area and asking tourists to leave, with one officers shouting: “Any tourist who wants to complain to their embassy can do so.”
Protesting against the move, residents held copies of legal documents which they said prove the legality of their homes and structures saying any building work which had not been authorised had already been torn down.