JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<ul id="some_list">
    <li>
        <a href="/remote-path" data-remote="true">Some link</a>Not referred to a
    </li>
</ul>

CSS

li {
    width: 80px;
    height: 80px;
    background-color: #ccc;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#some_list a").click(function() {
        alert("action on a");
        
    });
    
    $("#some_list li").click(function() {
        alert("call some function");        
    });
});