To solved the issue:
// 1. delete the following:
node_modules folder, and package-lock.json
// Optional:
on a 2nd computer with similar issue it didn't worked without running:
npm cache clean --force
And restart of the IDE before running npm install
// 2. Than run:
npm install
//3. then
npm start
Now the node should start up without problems.
// hope it helped some of you