A Jordanian member of Hamas has been charged with plotting terrorist attacks on Israeli targets.

Hamza Mahmoud Yusuf Usman, 28, allegedly joined the Hamas terrorist organization in 2009, according to court papers filed in the Petach Tikva District Court on Thursday. Usman was arrested in the Judea-Samaria region in July.

The indictment charges included membership in an illegal organization, contact with a foreign agent, participation in illegal military training, conspiracy and firearms offenses.

Prosecutors asked the judge to extend the terrorist's remand until the end of the legal proceedings against him.

Usman arrived in Gaza in 2010 for military training. After returning to Jordan he allegedly traveled to Syria and was ordered to obtain GPS equipment and other communications devices for Hamas.

This year he allegedly organized a military cell to planned to kidnap an Israeli citizen in Amman, to kidnap an Israeli diplomat, attack the Israeli embassy in Amman and to fire missiles at Israel from Jordan, according to the indictment.

He began monitoring activities and security arrangements at the Israeli Embassy in Amman. The court papers said Usman and his group also considered the purchase of rocket-propelled grenades for use in a future operation against the embassy.