Lin: The aftermath of the Rishon Letzion attack

According to Lin, authorities said that the amount of explosive material used in the attack is "considered massive."

RISHON LETZION, Israel (CNN) -- Israelis continued the psychological and physical recovery Wednesday in the coastal town of Rishon Letzion, where a suicide bomber killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more a day earlier.

CNN's Carol Lin examined the aftermath of the attack, talking with witnesses and later discussed the scene with Anchor Leon Harris.

CAROL LIN: We are at the scene, about 15 miles south of the city of Tel Aviv. As we understand it, the Israeli defense minister is consulting with the IDF here today. The Israeli Cabinet will also meet today to discuss what the appropriate response to this latest attack will be.

What's really significant about this attack is that it took place on the building's third story. It's very unusual for a suicide bombing to take place on a higher floor than the first floor, because those floors are just more difficult to access.

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We were going live inside earlier, but they evacuated the building because they say that it is no longer structurally sound. They expect the ceiling may collapse ... at any moment.

At the center of the room, there was a cluster of people and a gold light stand that fell from the ceiling. We are told by some of the people that (the suicide bomber) walked up three flights of stairs into this billiard pool hall, a gambling parlor essentially. He walked straight into the middle of the room ... and he opened up a suitcase that triggered a massive explosion.

People on the scene are telling me that there may have been as much as 10 to 15 kilograms of explosive material inside that suitcase. I am told that is considered massive.

The reason why this gambling parlor did not have security is because most of the patrons know one another. If he made it all the way up those stairs to the center of the room, if was able to open the suitcase and have that opportunity for this kind of destruction, it is because the other patrons had a sense of trust, that they knew him by face.

That meant that this had to have been planned out over a period of time. He had to be someone who was a regular.

To give you an idea of the kind of destruction we were talking about, you saw the scene itself, but take a look at this. This is actually some of the metal lug nuts -- the bolts that investigators found inside the scene. That suitcase, in addition to the explosive material, was packed with (possibly) hundreds of these.

They shot out like flying bullets piercing even metal. ... Imagine if this was a human body.

Fifteen people died upstairs, 60 people were wounded. Some of those people are still clinging to life.

This morning, we were hearing stories, tragic stories of two children, for example, who lost both their parents who were out on a night out on the town. We also heard of a cook, a beloved cook from a local boarding school.

There was also an amazing story of survival: of a young man, one of the managers in this club, who survived simply because the blast overturned one of the pool tables, protecting him from these flying bolts and the glass. He lived to tell the tale to his father, whom I spoke to on the telephone this morning.

LEON HARRIS: There has been a statement issued by the Palestinian Authority condemning this attack. What is the response to that announcement in Israel so far this morning?

LIN: I am glad you asked that. When you talk to Israelis, you hear two things. They say, (Palestinian leader) Yasser Arafat has no credibility with these people. But at the same time, they say that they still believe in peace with the Palestinians.

They believe that ... it is inevitable that the Palestinians will have a state. But they no longer believe that Yasser Arafat is the man to be heading that effort. They are saying that he is directly behind these suicide attacks.

So you are hearing ... the deep desire to have peace with the Palestinians and a complete mistrust of Yasser Arafat, whom the Israelis I spoke to believe somehow has to be behind these terror attacks.