Libya: Nato strike 'kills Gaddafi son' ليبيا حلف شمال الاطلسي ضربة 'يقتل نجل القذافي. Colonel Gaddafi's youngest son and three of his grandchildren have been killed in a Nato airstrike in Tripoli, the Libyan government has said. Government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim said the incident which killed Sayf al-Arab Gaddafi was "a direct operation to assassinate the leader of this country". Mr Ibrahim added that Colonel Gaddafi himself was in the large residential villa which was hit by the strike, but was unharmed. TRIPOLI, May 1 (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi survived a NATO air strike on a Tripoli house that killed his youngest son and three grandchildren, a government spokesman said on Sunday. Libyan officials took journalists to the house, which had been hit by at least three missiles. The roof had completely caved in in some areas, leaving mangled rods of reinforcing steel hanging down among chunks of concrete. "What we have now is the law of the jungle," government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim told a news conference. "We think now it is clear to everyone that what is happening in Libya has nothing to do with the protection of civilians." Gaddafi, who seized power in a 1969 coup, is fighting an uprising by rebels who have seized much of the eastern part of the country. British and French-led NATO forces are permitted under a United Nations resolution to mount air attacks on Gaddafi forces to protect civilians. Inside one part of the villa hit late on Saturday, a beige <b>...</b>