Iranian hornet's nest of terror groups surround Israel amid calls for new US sanctions

A new report urges the Biden administration to add a network of Iran-backed groups to its terrorist list. The report looks at how Tehran has increased funding to militant Palestinian groups.

Avivi told Fox News Digital, "For the last year and a half, Iran stated clearly that its main strategy is to make the Samaria region another Gaza." Samaria is the biblical Hebrew name for a part of the West Bank. The entire West Bank is also known in Israel by its biblical name Judea and Samaria. Benjamin Weinthal reports on Israel, Iran, Syria, Turkey and Europe for Fox News Digital. Benjamin has contributed articles to The Wall Street Journal, The Jerusalem Post, Foreign Policy, Haaretz, Forbes and The New York Post. You can follow Benjamin on Twitter @BenWeinthal.

Avivi, who is the CEO of the Israel Defense and Security Forum, said the Iranians "are pouring money and smuggling weapons into the region. They are supporting Hamas and the PIJ [Palestinian Islamic Jihad] and other factions within the Palestinian Authority."