Rebels: NATO airstrike kills Gadhafi's son Khamis

A man (L) resembling Khamis Gadhafi, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi, greets supporters in this still image taken from video March 29, 2011. Libyan television broadcast what it said was live footage of Khamis Gadhafi greeting supporters at his father's compound in Tripoli. [Photo/Agencies]

There was no immediate comment from the government or NATO and it was not immediately possible to verify the deaths.  

Khamis is head of Libya's 32nd Brigade, one of Gaddafi's most professional and loyal units, which has been fighting in Zlitan, which lies between the rebel-held city of Misrata and the capital Tripoli.

The government said earlier this year that a NATO air strike had killed another of Gadhafi's sons, Saif al-Arab.