The following are the top stories in the Maltese and international press today:
The Times says that Malta has forced the EU to freeze plans to give more rights to long-term refugees. A photo shows a shell fired by Israeli forces exploding over the northern Gaza Strip.
l-Orizzont interviews Jamie Zammit, whose life has been saved through a bone marrow transplant.
In-Nazzjon says that success can be achieved with competitiveness and grabbing opportunities.
The Independent reports on yesterday morning's hold-up at a hotel in Marsascala and on the situation in Gaza.
The Press in Britain
Seven papers lead with the Israeli ground assault on Gaza.
The Guardian says that thousands fled as troops reached the Mediterranean.
The Daily Telegraph reports the Israeli invasion has divided the Hamas-controlled territory in two.
The Herald says the Palestinian death toll rose by over 40 and an Israeli solider was killed.
The Scotsman carries a picture of a Palestinian father carrying his injured baby above a reporting saying life in Gaza is 'beyond hell'.
The Times says Israel is raining phosphorous shells to support its ground assault.
According to The Sun, Hamas have built an underground network of 'tunnels of terror' from which they can ambush Israeli troops.
The Independent says correspondent in Gaza, Fares Akram, lost his father and the family farmhouse to a missile from an Israeli fighter jet.
The Financial Times says leading companies are being probed by a financial watchdog over possible failures to disclose key data to the stock market.
The Daily Mail says sexual health clinics could soon be established in every secondary school and college.
The Daily Mirror reports John Travolta fought to save his dying teenage son.
And elsewhere…
The Israeli Army radio says Israeli Defense Force troops have surrounded Gaza City and heavy fighting is reported near several towns in the north and south.
The Jerusalem Post reports that yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert refused to end the cross-border attack. In a series of telephone conversations with world leaders, Mr Olmert said he seeks what he called, "regional agreements that will end Hamas' terror."
The International Herald Tribune says an UE delegation is on its way to the Middle East in a bid to end the fighting in the Gaza Strip.
Al-Qus al-Arabi quotes aid agencies’ concern that the people of Gaza face "grave" shortages of food and water as fighting cripples the area.
The New York Times says the Security Council has failed to agree on a statement calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Other news…
Al Sabah reports a suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded another 79 in northwestern Baghdad on Sunday.
Le Monde says a French navy vessel, part of an EU flotilla, has foiled two attacks by heavily armed Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden.
USA Today reports that New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has announced that he was withdrawing from his nomination to be Obama's commerce secretary.
New Europe says an international development charity is calling for people to "put their foot down" on the spread of HIV among women by sending in their shoes.
Connecticut Post says that an the day that Donald Peters died, he unknowingly provided financial security for his wife of 59 years and their family. Mr Peters bought two lottery tickets as part of a 20-year tradition he shared with his wife Charlotte. Later that day, the 79-year-old retired hat factory worker suffered a fatal heart attack while working in his yard in Danbury. On Friday, his widow cashed in one of the tickets: a US$10m winner which, in her grief over her husband’s death, she had put aside and almost discarded before recently checking the numbers. She does not yet know what she will do with the money.