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HTML

<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/hammerjs/2.0.4/hammer.min.js"></script>
<div id="container">
    <ul id="list">
        <li class="item"><span class="delete">&#215;</span>

        </li>
        <li class="item"><span class="delete">&#215;</span>

        </li>
        <li class="item"><span class="delete">&#215;</span>

        </li>
        <li class="item"><span class="delete">&#215;</span>

        </li>
        <li class="item"><span class="delete">&#215;</span>

        </li>
        <li class="item"><span class="delete">&#215;</span>

        </li>
        <li class="item"><span class="delete">&#215;</span>

        </li>
        <li class="item"><span class="delete">&#215;</span>

        </li>
        <li class="item"><span class="delete">&#215;</span>

        </li>
        <li class="item"><span class="delete">&#215;</span>

        </li>
    </ul>
</div>

CSS

* {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
#container {
    width: 250px;
    height: 300px;
    overflow-y: auto;
    -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
    background: dodgerblue;
}
#list {
    height: 100%;
    list-style: none;
}
#list li {
    position: relative;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    width: 100%;
    height: 50px;
    border: 2px solid #fff;
}
#list li span.delete {
    display: inline-block;
    position: absolute;
    left: 250px;
    width: 50px;
    height: 40px;
    line-height: 40px;
    margin: 3px;
    text-align: center;
    background: #fff;
    transition: left 0.5s ease-in;
}
#list li span.delete.show {
    left: 170px;
}

JavaScript

var myElement = document.getElementById("container");
var hammertime = new Hammer(myElement, {});
hammertime.get('swipe').set({
    direction: 2 // 2 stands for left
})
hammertime.on('swipe', function (event) {
    event.target.querySelector(".delete").classList.add("show");
});