It's Thursday, October 19th, tensions intensify in the Israeli war with Hamas, we start here.

President Biden unwavering in his support of Israel during his war time visit to the region.

I come to Israel with a single message. You're not alone.

All of this as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza grows dire.

In Washington, another failed attempt at naming a new speaker of the House.

He did worse. He had Republicans flip against them.

The Chamber of Congress paralyzed as a critical government funding deadline nears.

And after nearly two decades, answers in Natalie Holloway's disappearance.

This, she said, was enough. Just knowing how it happened and who did it.

The gory admission urine vandors slope made to prosecutors.

From ABC News, this is Start Here. I'm Avery Harper.

Hey, Brad's out today, but I'm with you in the meantime.

I come to Israel with a single message. You're not alone. You're not alone.

President Biden was clear in his support for Israel during his historic war time visit to Tel Aviv,

but the trip was shorter than intended. Leaders of Egypt, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority

pulling out of a planned summit in protest.

Fall out from a blast at a hospital that killed hundreds in Gaza escalating tensions

in the Israel Hamas war even further, while the humanitarian crisis in Gaza grows worse.

ABC senior foreign correspondent Ian Panell is on the ground.

And if President Biden's visit to the region was meant to calm tensions, that has not happened.

We know that protests have erupted across the Middle East and North Africa.

What's going on?

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