On 29 January 2017, Nawar al-Awlaki, Nasser's 8-year-old granddaughter, was the third member of his family to be killed by the U.S. The girl was among several civilians killed in the Yakla raid, the first covert operation ordered by President Donald Trump. Nasser said that “She was hit with a bullet in her neck and suffered for two hours,” “Why kill children? This is the new (U.S.) administration - it’s very sad, a big crime.”[1][6]