JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<ul><li>fsdfsdf<a href="#" rel="close">h</a></li></ul>

JavaScript

$('li a[rel=close]').bind('click', function(e) {
    alert(e.target.nodeName);
    e.stopPropagation();
    e.preventDefault();
})


$("li").click(function() {
    alert("li clicked");
})