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David Cameron said the attack was a "stark reminder" of the continuing terrorist threat.
Three Britons are confirmed to have been killed and three more are believed to be dead after the Algeria hostage crisis, the prime minister has said.
One further UK resident is also thought to be dead, David Cameron said.
The 22 other Britons caught up in the crisis are now back in the UK, Foreign Secretary William Hague said.
A raid by Algerian troops ended a four-day siege at the In Amenas gas facility on Saturday. Algeria says at least 23 hostages and 32 militants died.
Algeria's minister of communications said the final death toll might rise and there would be an announcement in the next few hours.
The Foreign Office said the figures announced by the prime minister included a Briton killed on Wednesday in the initial raid by militants.
'Cowardly attack'Speaking at Chequers, Mr Cameron said the priority now was to get the surviving hostages home from Algeria.
He said: "I know the whole country will want to join me in sending our sympathies and condolences to the families who have undergone an absolutely dreadful ordeal and who now face life without these very precious loved ones."
- Ten Japanese unaccounted for
- Five Norwegians missing
- Five Britons and one UK resident feared dead or unaccounted for
- Unknown number of Americans
- Possibly citizens of Romania, Thailand, the Philippines, Colombia, South Korea and Austria
The crisis began on Wednesday when militants attacked two buses carrying foreign workers the remote site in south-eastern Algeria.
The militants then took Algerians and foreign workers hostage at the complex, which was quickly surrounded by the Algerian army.
A statement from the kidnappers said the assault on the gas plant was launched in retaliation for French intervention against Islamist groups in neighbouring Mali.
However, France only decided last week to intervene militarily in Mali. Analysts say the assault on the gas facility was well-planned and would have required advance research, as well as possibly inside help.
Algerian officials said the hostage-takers belonged to a new Islamist group formed by a veteran Algerian militant and kidnapper, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who recently broke from al-Qaeda.
The Algerian armed forces attacked on Thursday as militants tried to move some of their captives from the facility.
'Iron resolve'The prime minister said the attack was a "stark reminder" of the continuing terrorist threat and said he would use Britain's chairmanship of the G8 to ensure that it was at the top of the international agenda.
"This is a global threat and it will require a global response. It will require a response that is about years, even decades, rather than months," he said.
"It requires a response that is patient and painstaking, that is tough but also intelligent, but above all has an absolutely iron resolve and that is what we will deliver over these coming years."
Mr Cameron said questions would be asked about the Algerian response to the crisis, but he added: "The responsibility for these deaths lies squarely with the terrorists who launched these vicious and cowardly attacks."
"When you are dealing with a terrorist incident on this scale with up to 30 terrorists it is extremely difficult to respond and get this right in every respect."
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