''As a result, I have taken the decision to expel the Libyan Ambassador. He is persona non grata pursuant to Article 9 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and has 24 hours to leave the country.
''The attacks against diplomatic missions will not weaken our resolve to protect the civilian population in Libya.''
Reacting to the Libyan regime's fury at the airstrike that reportedly killed Col Gaddafi's son, David Cameron defended Nato's choice of targets
The Prime Minister insisted individuals were not being targeted, and UN Security Council resolutions permitted attacks on "command and control" bases.
Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, 29, the dictator's sixth son, died when his house was hit by at least one missile fired by a Nato warplane, according to Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim.
The younger Gaddafi had spent much of his time in Germany in recent years and had studied at a German university.
He "was playing and talking with his father and mother and his nieces and nephews and other visitors when he was attacked for no crimes committed", Mr Ibrahim said.
"This was a direct operation to assassinate the leader of this country. This is not permitted by international law. It is not permitted by any moral code or principle," he added.
Journalists taken to the walled complex of one-storey buildings in a residential Tripoli neighbourhood saw heavy bomb damage.
The blast had torn down the ceiling of one building and left a huge pile of rubble and twisted metal on the ground.
Nato said its forces had carried out precision strikes against Gaddafi regime military buildings in Tripoli, including a strike on a "known command and control building" in the Bab al-Azizya neighbourhood.
But it did not verify media reports that members of Gaddafi's family had been killed.
Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard, commander of Nato's Operation Unified Protector, said: "All Nato's targets are military in nature and have been clearly linked to the Gaddafi regime's systematic attacks on the Libyan population and populated areas. We do not target individuals."
Mr Cameron told the BBC: "The targeting policy of Nato and the alliance is absolutely clear.
"It is in line with UN resolution 1973 and it is about preventing a loss of civilian life by targeting Gaddafi's war-making machine.
"That is obviously tanks and guns and rocket launchers but also command and control as well."
Mr Cameron added: "It is about targeting command and control rather than particular individuals.
"The targeting policy has been very closely followed, these things are very carefully put together."
It is understood that no British warplanes were involved in operations around Tripoli on Saturday.
The UK was among several Nato countries whose diplomatic premises in Tripoli were badly damaged in apparent revenge attacks today. All British staff have already been evacuated from the capital.
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